吠陀 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

fèituó

Vedas

fèi bark

The sound a dog 犬 makes with their mouth 口

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjojH	Cə.bo[t]-s	bark (v.)
Zhengzhang		bods
Unicode	bhiæ̀i

說文解字

犬鳴也。从犬、口。

Sources

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

tuó, duò steep bank

Phonosemantic compound. 它 represents the meaning and 阝 represents the sound.

Components

它 Meaning component

tā it

阝 Sound component

fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		l'aːl
Unicode	dhɑ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica