chuò

rabbit-like animal

Pictograph of a rabbit-like animal.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (1)

說文解字

《說文》:“,獸也。似兔,青色而大。象形。頭與兔同,足與鹿同。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.748
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica