yuán

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

worm

Sound component
yuán first

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋoːn
ŋon

說文解字

榮蚖,蛇醫,以注鳴者。从虫元聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica