Chinese Character Wiki

螉

wēng

wasp

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

翁 sound component

翁  Sound component

wēng

  

old man

Evolution

螉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
螉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

螉  

wēng

wasp; see 蠮螉[yē​wēng]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+8789

Shuowen

“螉，蟲在牛馬皮者。从虫，翁聲。”


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