蛹
yǒng

chrysalis

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangloŋʔ

說文解字

繭蟲也。从虫甬聲。

Sources

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