蝎
xiē

scorpion

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蠍.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
曷
曷 Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaːd

說文解字

蝤蠐也。从虫曷聲。

Sources

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