螾
yǐn

the earthworm

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

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
寅
寅 Sound component
yín 3rd earthly branch

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyinX[ɢ](r)ə[r]ʔ earthworm

說文解字

《說文》：“螾，側行者。从虫，寅聲。蚓，螾或从引。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)