* 拼音wěi。[塘～] 蜻蜓
(Cant.) a dragonfly; a small boat without a sail
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* 拼音shā。[～鸡] 一种昆虫，即纺织娘
(Cant.) a large butterfly
* 拼音péng。一种虫
(Cant.) a large butterfly
* 拼音nán。一种虫
(Cant.) a pimple, an insect bite
* 古同"彤"。 * 古同"赨"
(Cant.) an edible snake, lizard
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
* 蛙类动物。 * 〈方〉客家方言，纤 小青蛙，常用喻弱者
(Cant.) frog, toad
* 拼音duǒ。[蛤～] 古地名，在今山东省惠民县南
(Cant.) insect sting
* 一种像虾的水生动物，寄居龟壳中，肉可以食用
(Cant.) 塘蝞, dragonfly
* 古同"螶"
(Cant.) 蠄蟝, a dragonfly
láo:* 螖蠌，一种寄居空螺壳的小蟹。 liáo:* 古同"蟟"，蚱蝉，一种大蝉
(Cant.) 蠄蟧, a spider
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 古书上说的一种虫
(Cant.) 蠄蟧, a spider; 蠄蟝, a toad
* 〔𮔈卢〕古代酒器
(archaic) ancient wine vessel
* 同"蛎"
(corrupted form of 蠣) oyster
* 〔～蜣（ qiāng ）〕蜣螂。 * 〔～〕木中蛀虫。 * 〔～〕海镜，一种蚌，体内常有小蟹寄生
(dung) beetle
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
* 米象。后作"蛘"。象鼻虫科。吃米、稻、麦和高粱等粮食，是粮仓中的害虫
(interchangeable 蛘) weevil
* 同"蝱"
(non-classical form of U+8771 虻) a gadfly
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
* 同"蝱"
(non-classical form of U+8771 虻) a gadfly
* 同"螈"
(non-classical form of 螈) a kind of lizard found in damp places; Diemyctylus pyrrhogaster, a kind of amphibious reptile
* 同"蜡"
(non-classical form of 蠟) wax
* 同"蚕"
(non-classical form of 蠶) silkworm
* 同"齲"
(non-classical form of 齲) decayed tooth; carious tooth
* 拼音huī。 * 猪用鼻子拱土取虫。 * 刺猬的一种
(of a hog
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 同"䘋"
(same as U+460B 䘋) a kind of insect
* 同"蚈"
(same as 蚈) the millipede, firefly
* 同"蚤"。跳蚤
(same as U+86A4 蚤) flea, to scratch, the mortices in the hub for the spokes of the wheel
* 同"蜂"
(same as U+882D 蜂) bee; wasp, hornets, wasps
* 同"搔"
(same as 搔) to scratch lightly, to irritate; to annoy
* 同"倮（裸）"
(same as 梴 裸) naked, to strip; to unclothe
* 同"濙"
(same as 濙 U+6FD9) creeks
* 同"蚈"
(same as 蚈) the millipede, firefly
* 同"蚊"
(same as 蚊) mosquito; gnat
* 同"蚌"
(same as 蚌) oyster
* 同"蚤"。跳蚤
(same as 蚤) flea
* 同"蛓"
(same as 蛓) hairy caterpillar
* 同"蛓"
(same as 蛓) hairy caterpillar
* 同"蛗"。 * 拼音fù。 * [～螽] 同"阜螽"， 蚱蜢
(same as 蛗) grasshoppers
* 同"蛾"
(same as 蛾) moth
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 同"蜂"
(same as 蜂) bee; wasp
* 同"蚬"
(same as 蜆) Corbicula leana, a variety of bivalves
* 同"蜊"
(same as 蜊) a kind of clam with thick white shells
* 同"蜊"
(same as 蜊) a kind of clam with thick white shells
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 同"蜿"
(same as 蜿) bends; turns; curves; turns and twists, to circle; to hover around, a name for the earthworm
* 同"蜿"
(same as 蜿) to creep; to wriggle
* 同"螚"
(same as 螚) a small gadflies and mosquitoes, (non-classical form of 能) a bear like animal, turtle family, bee family
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 同"蟆"。 * 《八辅》 第40区， 第31字
(same as 蟆) a frog, a toad
* 同"蟊"
(same as 蟊) insects that are injurious to crops
* 拼音zī。虫
(same as 蠀) grub ( a kind of larva); maggots, looper; inchworm; geometer
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
* 拼音xiǎng。 * 同"蠁"。 * [～虫] 指浮尘子等水稻害虫
(same as 蠁) larvae; grubs
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 同"蠆"
(same as 蠆) a kind of scorpion, a poisonous insect
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 拼音zhú。 * 行慎貌。 * 同"蠋"
(same as 蠋 躅) to walk slowly and cautiously; to limp
* 同"蠡"
(same as 蠡) wood-boring insect, (of insects) to bore or eat wood, a tribe of the huns
* 同"蠶"
(same as 蠶) silkworm
* 同"（蠽）"
(same as 蠽) a blue-green colored cicada
* "襡" 的繁体
(same as 襡) a long coat; a long jacket, the connection of the top and bottom of clothes
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 同"韣"
(same as 韣) a quiver; bow case
* 同"髑"
(same as 髑) human skull
* 同"蚕"
(standard form of 蠶) silkworm
* 〔～〕即"青蚨"，一种虫
(translated) "Qingfu", a type of insect
* 读音ngài 蛾
(translated) "ngài"; moth
* 金文隶定字， 同"𧊧" * 同"蛤" "拾"
(translated) *Lidingshi* form of bronze script, same as "𧊧"; same as "蛤" "拾"
* 生长在海里的一种像蛤蜊的动物，肉可以吃："或至海边，拘～、以资养。"
(translated) A clam-like marine animal with edible flesh
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 无脊椎动物的一纲，生活在海底泥沙中，有很多种类
(translated) A class of invertebrates that live in seabed sediment and have many species
* 拼音lù。[～听] 一种似蜥蜴的动物，居树上， 常下树伤人
(translated) A kind of animal resembling a lizard that lives in trees and often comes down to harm people
* 拼音huǐ。一种鱼
(translated) A kind of fish
* 拼音shuāng。一种虫
(translated) A kind of insect
* 古书上说的一种虫
(translated) A kind of insect mentioned in ancient books
* 一种大贝
(translated) A large shellfish
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 米中小黑甲虫
(translated) A small, black beetle found in rice
* 一名蛔。 人腹中三～之一也
(translated) A type of *hui* (蛔); Refers to one of three types of roundworms in the human abdomen
* 古书上说的一种蜂
(translated) A type of bee described in ancient texts
* 拼音zī。一种鸡身鼠毛的鸟
(translated) A type of bird with a chicken"s body and mouse-like fur
* 一种鸟，即"山乌"，全身羽毛黑色发亮，尾、翼有绿色光泽，嘴鲜红，脚淡红。常结群高飞，叫声响亮。亦称"赤嘴鸟"、"红嘴山鸦"
(translated) A type of bird, namely "shānwū" (山乌), with glossy black plumage, green iridescence on tail and wings, bright red beak, and pale red legs; Often flocks and flies high, with loud calls; Also known as "chìzuǐniǎo" (赤嘴鸟) and "hóngzuǐshānyā" (红嘴山鸦)
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 读音mbwx 蝶的一种，只在夜间活动
(translated) A type of butterfly, nocturnal
* 拼音chán。一种蟹
(translated) A type of crab
* 拼音lí。一种虫
(translated) A type of insect
* 古书上说的一种虫
(translated) A type of insect described in ancient books
pí:* 古书上说的一种虫。 bǒ:* 〔蚵～〕蟾蜍，即"癞蛤蟆"
(translated) A type of insect in ancient books; In [蚵蚾], toad, also known as "lai hama"
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 〔螪（ shāng ）～〕古书上说的一种虫
(translated) A type of insect mentioned in ancient books
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
* 古书上说的一种虫
(translated) A type of insect mentioned in ancient books
* 虫の 一種。 * 訓読み：さかづきむし
(translated) A type of insect; Japanese *kun* reading: peanut worm (sakazukimushi)
* 拼音bì。 * 一种虫。 * bì[～蚾] 蝙蝠。闽语
(translated) A type of insect; bì, in [～蚾], bat; Min dialect
* 古书上说的一种海蟹
(translated) A type of marine crab described in ancient texts
* 古书上说的一种形状狭长的蚌
(translated) A type of narrow and elongated clam as described in ancient books
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 古书上说的一种吃苗节的害虫
(translated) A type of pest described in ancient books that eats plant stems
Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 古书上说的一种蛤蟆
(translated) A type of toad mentioned in ancient books
* 古书上说的一种毛虫，有毒，蜇人
(translated) A type of venomous and stinging caterpillar described in ancient books
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 一种吃蒿叶的野蚕。 * 大贝
(translated) A wild silkworm that feeds on Artemisia leaves; Large bivalve
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 读音awabi。 鲍鱼
(translated) Abalone
* 《一切经音义》: 也説文～蛘也从虫羊声经文从疒作痒是病也非经意
(translated) According to *Yiqiejing Yinyi* and *Shuowen*, it means 蛘 (yáng), which is a type of insect; It is a phono-semantic character, formed from the radical "虫" (insect) and the phonetic component "羊" (yáng); In sutra texts, it is mistakenly written with the sickness radical "疒" as 痒 (yǎng), which means sickness and is not the intended meaning in the sutras
* 古书上说的一种飞鼠，像鼯鼠而较小，前后肢之间有薄膜，能从树上滑翔："蜼蠼飞～。"
(translated) According to ancient books, 蠝 is a type of flying squirrel, resembling a flying squirrel but smaller, with a membrane between its fore and hind limbs, capable of gliding from trees
* 〔朝（ zhāo ）～〕古书上说的一种虫，朝生暮死，生在水上，像蚕蛾
(translated) According to ancient texts, [cháoyóu] refers to an insect said to live for a day, inhabiting water and resembling a silkworm moth
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 〔～何〕古书上说的一种虫。亦作"螪蚵"。 * 蜥蜴类动物
(translated) According to ancient texts, a type of insect, also written as "螪蚵", particularly in "螪何"; lizard-like animal
* 〔海～〕古书上说的一种贝
(translated) According to ancient texts, a type of shellfish
* 古书里记载的一种能兴云雨的黑色神蛇
(translated) According to ancient texts, it is a kind of black mythical snake capable of bringing clouds and rain
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 古书上说的一种像蛇的水中动物
(translated) Described in ancient texts as a type of snake-like aquatic animal
Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
qiè:* 〔～蚼〕古书上说的一种虫，似蝉。 ní:* 古同"霓"，虹的一种
(translated) According to ancient texts, it is a type of insect resembling a cicada; Archaic form of "霓", a type of rainbow
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
* 古书上说的一种龟，能吃蛇。亦称"摄龟"
(translated) According to ancient texts, it is a type of turtle that can eat snakes; also known as "She Gui"
* 拼音zú。[～䘆] 蚯蚓的别名
(translated) Alias for earthworm; used in [𧑚䘆]
* 即"黄守瓜"，瓜类的害虫，成虫吃瓜叶，幼虫咬细根："瞀芮生乎腐～。"亦称"瓜萤"
(translated) Also known as "Huangshougua", a pest of melons and gourds (Cucurbitaceae); adults feed on leaves, larvae on roots; also called "Guaying" or "melon fly"
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
* 拼音jiǒng。[～䗿] 一种像蛙的动物
(translated) An animal resembling a frog
* 拼音zhī。一种似蜥蜴的动物
(translated) An animal resembling a lizard