蠲
juān

the millipede sometimes confounded with the grow-worm

Components

益
益 Unknown component
yì benefit
蜀
蜀 Sound component
shǔ short name for Sichuan

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Han 202 BC - 220 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷliːŋ
Unicodeguen

說文解字

馬蠲也。从虫、目，益聲。纽，象形。《明堂月令》曰：“腐艸爲蠲。”

Sources

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