shǐ​kē​láng

dung beetle

shǐ excrement

Depicts a person () defecating feces.

Components

Iconic component
shī sitting person
Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts feces. Unrelated to .


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyijX[qʰ]ijʔ excrement
xjij[qʰ]ij (dialect: *qʰ- > *x-, no palatalization)moan

Sources

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

hé, é, kè oyster

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

mollusk

Sound component
able to

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːls
ɡaːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

láng mantis

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

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
Sound component
láng gentleman

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang