HSK7

frog

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

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
Sound component
guī jade pointed at top

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'waeqʷˤre (MC -ae for -ea)frog
'weaqʷˤrefrog
hwaem-qʷˤre (MC -ae for -ea)frog
hweam-qʷˤrefrog
Zhengzhangqʷraː
qʷreː
Unicodequa

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang