zhéshìzhē

poison

Components

Sound component
shè, cè forgive
Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyek[l̥ ]Aksting (v.)
Zhengzhangqʰjaːɡ

說文解字

蟲行毒也。从虫赦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica