蟄
zhé

to hibernate

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 執 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
執
執 Sound component
zhí hold in hand

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrip[d]riphibernate; cluster
Zhengzhangdib
Unicodedjhip

說文解字

藏也。从虫執聲。

Sources

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

蛰 zhé to hibernate Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 执 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蟄.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
执
执 Sound component
zhí hold in hand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode