xiē

scorpion

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
虫 meaning component

  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

曷 sound component

  Sound component

  

why? what? where?

Evolution

蝎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蝎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiē

scorpion; variant of |[xiē]

Most common words with 蝎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

scorpion

蝎子

scorpion

天蝎座

Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

蝎虎座

Lacerta (constellation)