毒蝇伞
dú​yíng​sǎn

fly agaric

毒 dú poison

Depicts a plant (屮) that is not good (毐), i.e. a poisonous plant.

Components

屮
屮 Meaning component
chè, cǎo sprout
毐
毐 Meaning component
aǐ, ǎi person of reprehensible morals

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

碡

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

纛

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdowk[d]ˤuk poison (n.)
dowkm-[d]ˤuk-s to poison (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“毒，厚也，害人之艸，往往而生。从屮，从毐。，古文毒，从刀、葍。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蝇 ying flies Simplified

Insects 虫 that toads 黾 feed on

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
黾
黾 Meaning component
miǎn, měng, mǐn toad

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

伞 sǎn umbrella Simplified

Simplified form of 傘. Pictograph of an umbrella.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

蠅 ying flies Traditional

Insects 虫 that toads 黽 feed on

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
黽
黽 Meaning component
toad, frog

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyingm-rəŋfly (n.)
Zhengzhangb·lɯŋ
Unicodeiəng

說文解字

營營青蠅。蟲之大腹者。从黽从虫。

Sources

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

傘 sǎn umbrella Traditional

Pictograph of an umbrella.

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsanX[s]ˤarʔ umbrella, parasol

Sources

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