chài

a kind of scorpion

Evolution

蠆 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
蠆 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
蠆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

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chài

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

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mə-r̥ˤa[t]-s

trhaejH

chài

scorpion


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5554th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Simplified

Unicode

U+8806

Shuowen

“,毒蟲也。象形。蠆或从。”


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