蠆

Han character

 * 1) a kind of scorpion
 * 2) a sting in the tail

Glyph origin
Originally written as. was added to disambiguate it from.

Etymology
From with a nominalizing devoicing, a realization of a 🇨🇬 prefix *s-, probably the one used in words for animals. reconstruct it with an additional animal prefix *m-. It may also be connected to.

Definitions

 * 1)  venomous creature; scorpion

Kanji

 * 1) scorpion