luǒ

the solitary wasp

A wasp  building a nest in dead  flesh ⺼

Components

Meaning component
máng, màng
Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh
Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlwaXrˤorʔ (*kˤorʔ.rˤorʔ, redup. infixation < *kˤorʔ ?)蜾蠃 kwaX.lwaX a kind of wasp
Zhengzhangroːl
roːlʔ

說文解字

蜾蠃也。从虫𣎆聲。一曰虒蝓。

Sources

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