蠐
qí

maggots

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzliːl
zlil

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

蛴 qí maggots Simplified

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

齐
齐 Sound component
qí even

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode