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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 Chinese
Zhengzhangŋʷaː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang