螢
yíng

glow-worm

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

Components

𤇾
𤇾 Sound component
虫
虫 Meaning component

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwengm-qʷˤeŋ glow-worm

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica