熊罴
xióng​pí

warriors

熊 xióng a bear

Combination of 能 (bear) and 大 (big).

Components

能
能 Iconic component
néng to be able

Pictograph of a bear.

大
大 Iconic component
dà, dài big
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 大 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

羆

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthjuwngC.[ɢ]ʷ(r)əm bear (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“熊，獸，似豕，山居，冬蟄。从能，炎省聲。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.753
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

罴 pí brown bear Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

羆 brown bear Traditional

Components

罒
罒 Unknown component
wǎng net or eye
熊
熊 Meaning component
xióng a bear

bear

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpjeprajbrown-and-white bear
Zhengzhangpral
Unicodebyɛ

說文解字

如熊，黃白文。从熊，罷省聲。

Sources

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