louse eggs

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
how much

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjɨjC.[ɡ]əj (not in GSR)leech
Zhengzhangkɯlʔ
ɡɯl
Unicodegiə̌i

說文解字

蝨子也。一曰齊謂蛭曰蟣。从虫幾聲。

Sources

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

jǐ, jī, qí louse eggs Simplified

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
jǐ, jī small table

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkril

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang