Chinese Character Wiki

蝟

wèi

vulgar

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

animal

胃 sound component

胃  Sound component

wèi

  

stomach

Evolution

蝟 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
蝟 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
蝟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蝟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蝟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

猬 (蝟) 

wèi

hedgehog; hedgehog (family Erinaceidae)

Most common words with 蝟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

刺猬

hedgehog

猬

hedgehog (family Erinaceidae)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷə[t]-s

hjw+jH

wèi

porcupine


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4455th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

猬

Unicode

U+875F

Shuowen

“，蟲似豪豬者。从，省聲。蝟，或从虫。”


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