蝌 kē tadpole Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 科 represents the sound. Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect 科 科 Sound component kē section Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangkʰoːlUnicodekuɑ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang