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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:《广韵·上声·果·果》蜾：蜾蠃虫也。
Kangxi:《康熙字典·虫部·八》蜾：《唐韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤古火切，音果。《诗·小雅》螟蛉有子，蜾裸负之。《传》蜾裸，蒲卢也。《陆玑疏》似蜂而小腰，取桑虫负之于木空中，七日而化爲其子。《扬子·法言》螟蛉之子殪而逢蜾裸，祝之曰：类我、类我。久则肖之。又《集韵》古禾切，音戈。义同。又《类篇》鲁果切，音裸。虫名。螔蝓也。与蠃通。《说文》作𧒘。或从果。
Fanqie:古火 (《广韵·上声·果·果》)
Unihan definition:the solitary wasp

CTP Dictionary


蜾蠃
guǒ luǒ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄨㄛˇ : 一种黑色细腰土蜂，常捕捉螟蛉以喂幼虫。 Thin black wasp that often feeds caterpillars to its larvae.

《诗经·小宛》:螟蛉有子、蜾蠃负之。
The mulberry insect has young ones, And the sphex carries them away.
《扬子法言》:螟蛉之子，殖而逢，蜾蠃祝之曰：“类我，类我。”
The dying moth larva encountered the wasp. The wasp snatched it away saying, "Be like me, be like me."
《墨子闲诂·明鬼下》:又《说山训》云“贞虫之动以毒螫”，注云“贞虫，细腰蜂蜾蠃之属，无牝牡之合曰贞”
《说文解字·虫部》:蠃：蜾蠃也
《广韵·果》:蜾：蜾蠃虫也
《康熙字典·十一》:《郑注》蒲卢，蜾蠃，谓土蜂也。

Example usage

《扬子法言》:螟蛉之子，殖而逢，蜾蠃祝之曰：“类我，类我。”
The dying moth larva encountered the wasp. The wasp snatched it away saying, "Be like me, be like me."
《诗经·小宛》:螟蛉有子、蜾蠃负之。
The mulberry insect has young ones, And the sphex carries them away.
《太玄经·亲》:次三，螟蛉不属，蜾裸取之，不迓侮。
《说文解字·虫部》:蠃：蜾蠃也。
《通典》:螟蛉之体，化于蜾蠃。
《西游记》:若是大圣打杀了走兽飞禽、蜾虫鳞长，只用我黍米之丹，可以救活。
《三国演义》:汝等只可谓之蜾虫！
《广韵·果》:蜾：蜾蠃虫也。
《太平御览·政治一》:蒲卢蜾蠃谓土蜂也。
《太平广记·蜾蠃》:蜾蠃。
《墨子闲诂·明鬼下》:又《说山训》云“贞虫之动以毒螫”，注云“贞虫，细腰蜂蜾蠃之属，无牝牡之合曰贞”。
《全唐诗》:蚁王化饭为臣妾，蜾母偷虫作子孙。
《康熙字典·十三》:𧒘：《集韵》蜾本字。

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