崔萤
Cuī Yíng

Choi Yeong

崔 cuī high

A bird 隹 faced with a mountain 山

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

催摧璀漼巂

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

漼

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzwoj[dz]ˤujhigh, rocky
Zhengzhangzluːl
sʰluːl
Unicodetsuəi

說文解字

大高也。从山隹聲。

Sources

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

萤 yíng glow-worm Simplified

Components

𤇾
𤇾 SoundSimplified component
yìng glimmer
虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

螢 yíng glow-worm Traditional

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

Components

𤇾
𤇾 SoundMeaning component
yìng glimmer
虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwengm-qʷˤeŋ glow-worm

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica