jiá​dié

nymphalid

jiá kind of butterfly Simplified

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Sources

Readings & variants
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dié butterfly

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
Sound component
leaf

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdeplˤephu-dep: butterfly
Zhengzhangl̥ʰeːb
l'eːb
Unicodetep
dhep

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

kind of butterfly Traditional

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkeːb
Unicodegep

說文解字

蛺蜨也。从虫夾聲。

Sources

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