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moth

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
Sound component
I; me

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngaŋˤajsilkworm moth [Bombyx]
ngjeXm-qʰ(r)ajʔant
Zhengzhangŋaːl
ŋralʔ
Unicodengɑ

說文解字

羅也。从虫我聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica