螉䗥
wēng​zōng

parasitic wasp

螉 wēng wasp

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

翁
翁 Sound component
wēng old man

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqloːŋ

說文解字

蟲，在牛馬皮者。从虫翁聲。

Sources

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

䗥 zōng the solitary wasp

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

說文解字

螉䗥也。从虫從聲。

Sources

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