蝌蚪 kēdǒu tadpole Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 蝌 kē tadpole 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 蚪 dǒu tadpole Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 斗 represents the sound. Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect 斗 斗 Sound component dòu ladle Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangtoːʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang