large turtles

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

worm

Sound component
guī, xī, juàn place name

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷeː
ɢʷe

說文解字

大龜也。以胃鳴者。从虫巂聲。

Sources

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