懂中文 Dong Chinese

蝎

xiē

scorpion

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 曷 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蠍.

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

曷 sound component

曷  Sound component

hé

  

why? what? where?

Evolution

蝎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蝎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蝎  

xiē

scorpion; variant of 蠍|蝎[xiē]

Most common words with 蝎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蝎

scorpion

蝎子

scorpion

天蝎座

Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

蝎虎座

Lacerta (constellation)