yáng

a weevil found in rice

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
yáng sheep

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglaŋ
laŋʔ

說文解字

搔蛘也。从虫羊聲。

Sources

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