蝠
fú

kind of bat

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

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
畐
畐 Sound component
fú, bì to fill

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpɯɡ
Unicodebiuk

說文解字

蝙蝠，服翼也。从虫畐聲。

Sources

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