狗狗币 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gǒu dog

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 句 represents the sound.

Components

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

句 Sound component

jù sentence

Change in sound

狗 and 句 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
狗 kuwX
句 kuw

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kuwX	Cə.kˤroʔ	dog

說文解字

《說文》：“狗，孔子曰：‘狗，叩也，叩气吠以守。’从犬，句聲。”

Sources

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

bì currency Simplified

Simplified form of 幣. Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 敝 represents the sound.

Components

丿 Simplified component

piě, yì line

Shorthand for the phonetic 敝 component in the traditional character 幣.

巾 Meaning component

jīn cloth

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

bì currency Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 敝 represents the sound.

Components

敝 Sound component

bì worn out

巾 Meaning component

jīn cloth

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	bjiejH	[b]e[t]-s	offering of silk

說文解字

《說文》：“幣，帛也。从巾，敝聲。”

Sources

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

狗 gǒu dog

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币 bì currency Simplified

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幣 bì currency Traditional

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Character Evolution

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gǒu dog

bì currency Simplified

bì currency Traditional