miè

flies

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
miè disdain

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmeːd

說文解字

蠛蠓,細蟲也。从虫蔑聲。

Sources

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