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páng

crab

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 旁 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
旁
旁 Sound component
páng side

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpaːŋʔ
paːŋs
baːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang