蜘
zhī

spider

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

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
知
知 Sound component
zhī know

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrjetre*tre.tro spider
Zhengzhangte

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica