鳄蜥
è​xī

Chinese crocodile lizard

鳄 è alligator Simplified

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

咢
咢 Sound component
è sound

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蜥 xī lizard

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

worm

析
析 Sound component
xī to separate

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangseːɡ

說文解字

蜥易也。从虫析聲。

Sources

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

鱷 è crocodile Traditional

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish

fish

噩
噩 Sound component
è bad

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋaːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang