貔
pí

fox

Components

豸
豸 Meaning component
zhì (dhole), beast

beast

囟
囟 Unknown component
xìn fontanel
比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjij[b]ijkind of wild cat
Zhengzhangbi
Unicodebhi

說文解字

豹屬，出貉國。从豸𣬉聲。《詩》曰：“獻其貔皮。”《周書》曰：“如虎如貔。”貔，猛獸。

Sources

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