蝼
lóu

a mole cricket

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

娄
娄 Sound component
lóu, lǚ, lǘ surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

螻 a mole cricket Traditional

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

婁
婁 Sound component
surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangroː
Unicodelou

說文解字

螻蛄也。从虫婁聲。一曰𧐡、天螻。

Sources

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