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蜾
U+873E
Seal script

Radical:虫+ 8 strokes = 14 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.305#21 Kangxi: p.1088#06 Cihai: p.1192r6c06 GSR: 351.c Hanyu: v4,p2862#01
Composition:Left: 虫, right: 果.
Mandarin:guǒ luǒ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese:gwo2
Guangyun:《廣韻·上聲·果·果》蜾：蜾蠃蟲也。
Kangxi:《康熙字典·虫部·八》蜾：《唐韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤古火切，音果。《詩·小雅》螟蛉有子，蜾臝負之。《傳》蜾臝，蒲盧也。《陸璣疏》似蜂而小腰，取桑蟲負之于木空中，七日而化爲其子。《揚子·法言》螟蛉之子殪而逢蜾臝，祝之曰：類我、類我。久則肖之。又《集韻》古禾切，音戈。義同。又《類篇》魯果切，音裸。蟲名。螔蝓也。與蠃通。《說文》作𧒘。或从果。
Fanqie:古火 (《廣韻·上聲·果·果》)
Unihan definition:the solitary wasp

CTP Dictionary


蜾蠃
guǒ luǒ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄨㄛˇ : 一種黑色細腰土蜂，常捕捉螟蛉以餵幼蟲。 Thin black wasp that often feeds caterpillars to its larvae.

《詩經·小宛》:螟蛉有子、蜾蠃負之。
The mulberry insect has young ones, And the sphex carries them away.
《揚子法言》:螟蛉之子，殖而逢，蜾蠃祝之曰：「類我，類我。」
The dying moth larva encountered the wasp. The wasp snatched it away saying, "Be like me, be like me."
《墨子閒詁·明鬼下》:又《說山訓》云「貞蟲之動以毒螫」，注云「貞蟲，細腰蜂蜾蠃之屬，無牝牡之合曰貞」
《說文解字·虫部》:蠃：蜾蠃也
《廣韻·果》:蜾：蜾蠃蟲也
《康熙字典·十一》:《鄭註》蒲盧，蜾蠃，謂土蜂也。

Example usage

《揚子法言》:螟蛉之子，殖而逢，蜾蠃祝之曰：「類我，類我。」
The dying moth larva encountered the wasp. The wasp snatched it away saying, "Be like me, be like me."
《詩經·小宛》:螟蛉有子、蜾蠃負之。
The mulberry insect has young ones, And the sphex carries them away.
《太玄經·親》:次三，螟蛉不屬，蜾臝取之，不迓侮。
《說文解字·虫部》:蠃：蜾蠃也。
《通典》:螟蛉之體，化於蜾蠃。
《西遊記》:若是大聖打殺了走獸飛禽、蜾蟲鱗長，只用我黍米之丹，可以救活。
《三國演義》:汝等只可謂之蜾蟲！
《廣韻·果》:蜾：蜾蠃蟲也。
《太平御覽·政治一》:蒲盧蜾蠃謂土蜂也。
《太平廣記·蜾蠃》:蜾蠃。
《墨子閒詁·明鬼下》:又《說山訓》云「貞蟲之動以毒螫」，注云「貞蟲，細腰蜂蜾蠃之屬，無牝牡之合曰貞」。
《全唐詩》:蟻王化飯為臣妾，蜾母偷蟲作子孫。
《康熙字典·十三》:𧒘：《集韻》蜾本字。

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