Chinese Character Wiki

蝥

máo

a fly which is used similarly to cantharides

Components
敄 sound component

敄  Sound component

wù

  

to put forth effort

虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

Evolution

蝥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蝥 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
蝥 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蝥  

máo

a fly which is used similarly to cantharides; variant of 蟊[máo]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6628th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+8765

Shuowen

“蝥，螌蝥也。从虫，敄聲。”


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