qióng

cricket

Components

Sound component
gǒng secure, bind
Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡoŋ
Unicodeghiong

說文解字

蛩蛩,獸也。一曰秦謂蟬蛻曰蛩。从虫巩聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica