fú​yóu

mayfly

mayfly

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
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

yóu mayfly (Ephemera strigata)

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
yóu, liú to move freely

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang