frog

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
虫 meaning component

  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

圭 sound component

  Sound component

guī

  

jade pointed at top

Definitions

 

frog; CL:|[zhī]

() 

old variant of [wā]

Most common words with 蛙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

青蛙

frog

frog

蛙泳

breaststroke (swimming)

牛蛙

bullfrog

井底之蛙

the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom)