打猎
dǎ​liè HSK7

hunt

打 dǎ, da strike

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

咑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrteŋʔ
teːŋʔ
Unicodeděng

說文解字

《說文新附》：“打，擊也。从手，丁聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

猎 liè hunt Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 獵.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

昔
昔 Sound component
xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzjaːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

獵 liè hunt Traditional

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

dog

巤
巤 Sound component
liè whiskers

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartljepr[a]phunt
Zhengzhangrab
Unicodeliɛp

說文解字

放獵逐禽也。从犬巤聲。

Sources

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