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luósī

river snail

luó spiral shell

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

insect

累 Sound component

lèi, lěi tired

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lwa	k.rˤoj	spiral, snail
Zhengzhang		roːl

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang

sī kind of snail with spiral shell Simplified

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

mollusk

师 Sound component

shī teacher

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

kind of snail with spiral shell Traditional

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

mollusk

師 Sound component

shī teacher

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sri

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang