shāoxiāo

long legged spider

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

mollusk

Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsreːw
sew

說文解字

𧓎蛸,堂蜋子。从虫肖聲。

Sources

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