蛟 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jiāo

scaly dragon with four legs

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

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

交 Sound component

jiāo to cross, to mix

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		kreːw
Unicode	gau

龍之屬也。池魚滿三千六百，蛟來爲之長，能率魚飛。置笱水中，卽蛟去。从虫交聲。