蟾蜍 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

chánchú

toad

chán toad

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 詹 represents the sound.

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

詹 Sound component

zhān, dàn talk too much

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		tjam
		djam
Unicode	zhiɛm

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

chú, yú toad

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

余 Sound component

yú I

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ɦlja
		la
Unicode	zhiu

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica