吠
fèi

bark

The sound a dog 犬 makes with their mouth 口

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
犬
犬 Meaning component
quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbjojHCə.bo[t]-sbark (v.)
Zhengzhangbods
Unicodebhiæ̀i

說文解字

犬鳴也。从犬、口。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)