蚣
gōng

centipede

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

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
公
公 Sound component
gōng public

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkloːŋ
kljoŋ

Sources

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