蜍
chú

toad

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

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
余
余 Sound component
yú I

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɦlja
la
Unicodezhiu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica