Chinese Character Wiki

虿

chài

a kind of scorpion

Components
万 sound component

万  Sound component

mò, wàn

  

ten thousand

虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

Evolution

虿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
虿 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
虿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
虿 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

虿 (蠆) 

chài

a kind of scorpion; a sting in the tail; (scorpion); an insect

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5554th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

蠆

Unicode

U+867F


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