U+86FE "蛾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+86FE "蛾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "moth" in modern and classical usage, often referring to the nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinct from butterflies. Its composition combines the radical 虫 (insect) as a semantic component with the phonetic element 我, which provides a clue to its pronunciation as "é" in Mandarin. Beyond its literal meaning, this character appears in various compounds and idioms, such as 飛蛾撲火 (fēi é pū huǒ, "a moth darting into a flame"), which symbolizes self-destructive attraction or reckless behavior. Historically, the character has been used in poetry and literature to evoke themes of fragility, transformation, or ephemeral beauty, and it also appears in technical contexts like entomology and biology to name specific moth species.