蜓
tíng

dragonfly

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 廷 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
廷
廷 Sound component
tíng court

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'eːnʔ
l'eːŋ
l'eːŋʔ

說文解字

蝘蜓也。从虫廷聲。一曰螾蜓。

Sources

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