癞蛤蟆
lài​há​ma

toad

癞 lài, là leprosy Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 赖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癩.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
赖
赖 Sound component
lài depend on

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蛤 há clam

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

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
合
合 Sound component
hé to join

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkuːb

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

蟆 ma frog

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蟇.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmraː
Unicodema

說文解字

蝦蟆也。从虫莫聲。

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

癩 leprosy Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 賴 represents the sound.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
賴
賴 Sound component
lài depend on

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːds
raːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang