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zhēzhé

jellyfish

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

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

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
折
折 Sound component
zhé, zhē, shé break off

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔl'ed

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang