Read Edit View history 蠍 xiē scorpion Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 歇 represents the sound. Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect 歇 歇 Sound component xiē rest Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangqʰad Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang