蝲蝲蛄
là​là​gǔ

mole cricket

蝲 là

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

蛄 gū, gǔ mole cricket

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

古
古 Sound component
gǔ old

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkaː
Unicodego

說文解字

螻蛄也。从虫古聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)