蝇
yíng HSK7

flies

Insects 虫 that toads 黾 feed on

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
黾
黾 Meaning component
miǎn, měng, mǐn toad

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蠅 ying flies Traditional

Insects 虫 that toads 黽 feed on

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
黽
黽 Meaning component
toad, frog

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyingm-rəŋfly (n.)
Zhengzhangb·lɯŋ
Unicodeiəng

說文解字

營營青蠅。蟲之大腹者。从黽从虫。

Sources

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