U+8742 "蝂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8742 "蝂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that historically refers to a type of insect, specifically a grain moth or a weevil that infests stored grains and books, and it is notably used in the classical Chinese compound "蝂蝝" to denote the larvae of such pests. This character is composed of the radical for "insect" or "worm" (虫) on the left, indicating its biological category, and a phonetic component (般) on the right that provides a clue to its pronunciation, which in Mandarin is "bǎn." While rare in modern everyday usage, "蝂" appears in ancient texts and dictionaries to describe agricultural pests, reflecting its role in premodern contexts related to crop storage and preservation.