dù​bì

malpractice

moth

Components

Sound component
tuó, dù, luò a sack
Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttuHtˤak-sgrubs in wood, vermin
Zhengzhangtaːɡs

說文解字

木中蟲。从䖵橐聲。

Sources

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

evil

Two hands  breaking something  also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
worn out
Meaning component
gǒng two hands

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbeds
Unicodebhiɛ̀i

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang