louse eggs

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
jǐ, jī small table

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkril

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

louse eggs Traditional

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
how much

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjɨjC.[ɡ]əj (not in GSR)leech
Zhengzhangkɯlʔ
ɡɯl
Unicodegiə̌i

說文解字

蝨子也。一曰齊謂蛭曰蟣。从虫幾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica