蜾蠃
guǒ​luǒ

potter wasp

蜾 guǒ, luǒ the solitary wasp

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

果
果 Sound component
guǒ fruit

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwaXkˤorʔ (*kˤorʔ.rˤorʔ, redup. infixation < *kˤorʔ ?)蜾蠃 kwaX.lwaX a kind of wasp
Zhengzhangkloːlʔ

Sources

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

蠃 luǒ, luó, guǒ the solitary wasp

A wasp 虫 building a nest in dead 吂 flesh ⺼

Components

吂
吂 Meaning component
máng, màng
⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh
虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlwaXrˤorʔ (*kˤorʔ.rˤorʔ, redup. infixation < *kˤorʔ ?)蜾蠃 kwaX.lwaX a kind of wasp
Zhengzhangroːl
roːlʔ

說文解字

蜾蠃也。从虫𣎆聲。一曰虒蝓。

Sources

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