雄蜂
xióng​fēng

drone

雄 xióng male of species

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 厷 represents the sound.

Components

厷
厷 Sound component
gōng, hóng forearm
隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjuwng[ɢ]ʷəŋ male

說文解字

《說文》：“雄，鳥父也。从隹，厷聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蜂 fēng bee

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

夆
夆 Sound component
féng, páng resist

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartphjowngpʰ(r)oŋbee
Zhengzhangboːŋ
pʰoŋ
Unicodebiong

Sources

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