suān​ní

lion

suān, xùn, jùn a fabulous beast

Components

Meaning component
quǎn dog

animal

Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsloːn
Unicodesuɑn

說文解字

狻麑,如虦貓,食虎豹者。从犬夋聲。見《爾雅》。

Sources

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

lion

Components

Meaning component
quǎn dog

animal

Sound component
r, ér son

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋeː
Unicodengei

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang