蜈 wú centipede Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 吴 represents the sound. Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect 吴 吴 Sound component wú, yú, tūn one of warring states Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangŋʷaː Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang