chài

a kind of scorpion

Components
万 sound component

  Sound component

wàn

  

ten thousand

虫 meaning component

  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

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chài

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