a kind of water-beetle cash

Components
虫 meaning component

  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

夫 sound component

  Sound component

  

man

Evolution

蚨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蚨 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

a kind of water-beetle cash, then dollars and money generally; (water-beetle); money