蜚蠊科
fěi​lián​kē

Blattidae

蜚 fēi, fěi, pèi cockroach

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

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
非
非 Sound component
fēi not

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjɨjXpəjʔnoxious insect
Zhengzhangpɯlʔ
bɯls

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

蠊 lián

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

廉
廉 Sound component
lián upright

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·rem

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

科 kē section

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the sound and 斗 represents the meaning. Depicts measuring out grain (禾) with a dipper (斗).

Components

禾
禾 SoundMeaning component
hé grain stalk
斗
斗 Meaning component
dòu ladle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蝌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰoːl
kʰoːls
Unicodekuɑ

說文解字

《說文》：“科，程也。从禾，从斗。斗者，量也。”

Sources

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