Chinese Character Wiki
蚩

chī

worm

Phonosemantic compound. 㞢 represents the sound, 虫 represents the meaning.

Components
㞢 sound component

㞢  Sound component

zhī

  

(ancient form of 之) to arrive at

虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

Evolution

蚩 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
蚩 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
蚩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蚩 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蚩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蚩  

chī

worm; ignorant, rustic; laugh; ignorant

蚩  

Chī

surname Chi

Most common words with 蚩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

蚩尤

comet

蚩

worm

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

嗤

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

嗤 媸

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4458th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+86A9

Shuowen

“蚩，蟲也。从虫，之聲。”


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