蚩
chī

worm

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Phonosemantic compound. 㞢 represents the sound, 虫 represents the meaning.

Components

之
之 Sound component

㞢 is an ancient form of 之

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 之 than it was in ancient scripts.
虫
虫 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰjɯ
Unicodechiə

說文解字

《說文》：“蚩，蟲也。从虫，之聲。”

Sources

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