蜂螫 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

fēngzhē

bee sting

fēng bee

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

insect

夆 Sound component

féng, páng resist

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	phjowng	pʰ(r)oŋ	bee
Zhengzhang		boːŋ
		pʰoŋ
Unicode	biong

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica

shì poison

Components

赦 Sound component

shè, cè forgive

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

insect

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syek	[l̥ ]Ak	sting (v.)
Zhengzhang		qʰjaːɡ

說文解字

蟲行毒也。从虫赦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)