venomous snake

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

worm

Sound component
return

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰuɡ
Unicodepiuk

說文解字

虫也。从虫复聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica