蛊 - Dong Chinese dictionary

gǔ

poison

Simplified form of 蠱. Depicts a poisonous insect (虫) placed in a container (皿). Alludes to the practice of cultivating poisonous insects inside a container by letting all of the insects devour each other until one poisonous insects remains to use as poison.

Components

虫 Iconic component

chóng

bug, insect

Used here to depict a poisonous insect.

皿 Iconic component

mǐn

dish

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

蛊 (蠱)

gǔ

poison; venom; harm; bewitch; arch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch; to drive to insanity; to harm by witchcraft; intestinal parasite

Most common words with 蛊