蟹獴
xiè​měng

crab-eating mongoose

蟹 xiè crab

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 解 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蠏.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
解
解 Sound component
jiě divide

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthɛXm-kˤreʔcrab
Zhengzhangɡreːʔ

Sources

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

獴 měng, méng mongoose

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode