蠖
huò

inch-worm

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

worm

蒦
蒦 Sound component
huò, wò catch, get

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷaːɡ

說文解字

尺蠖，屈申蟲。从虫蒦聲。

Sources

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