a fabulous creature like a turtle

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

worm

Sound component
huò or

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷɯːɡ
ɢʷrɯɡ

說文解字

短狐也。似鼈,三足,以气䠶害人。从虫或聲。

Sources

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