蜾
guǒ

the solitary wasp

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

果
果 Sound component
guǒ fruit

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwaXkˤorʔ (*kˤorʔ.rˤorʔ, redup. infixation < *kˤorʔ ?)蜾蠃 kwaX.lwaX a kind of wasp
Zhengzhangkloːlʔ

Sources

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