a flea

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
qǐ, qì beg

Sources

Readings & variants
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láng mantis

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
Sound component
láng gentleman

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang