蟆
má

frog

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蟇.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmraː
Unicodema

說文解字

蝦蟆也。从虫莫聲。

Sources

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