蜉
fú

mayfly

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

孚
孚 Sound component
fú captive

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjuw[b](r)umayfly
Zhengzhangbu
Unicodebhiou

說文解字

商何也。从虫寽聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)