Glyph Origins

Radical ⾍ (142)

虫 (U+866B)

虫¹

{虺} *[C̥.r]u[j]ʔ “small snake”

Depiction of a small snake.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (893)

虫²

Shortening of to the upper part. Modern simplified form of in China and Japan.

  • Bökset R. 2021 - Long Story of Short Forms: Simplified Chinese Characters from A to Z (73)