狼虫虎豹
láng​chóng​hǔ​bào

ferocious beasts

狼 láng wolf

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

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

良
良 Sound component
liáng good

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlang[r]ˤaŋwolf
Zhengzhangraːŋ
Unicodelɑng

說文解字

似犬，銳頭，白頰，高前，廣後。从犬良聲。

Sources

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

虫 chóng bug, insect Simplified

Original meaning: viper

Pictograph of a snake.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (10 of 196 verified)

虽蛋蛇蜂蜜蛮虹蝶螺蚁蜡蚀蛛蝇蚕虾蚂蛙蚊蝴浊蜘蝉蟹蝗闽蝠蛾萤蛟蠕螂茧蜕蜒蜷蟒蜗螅蛤蟋蟀蝙蟆蜿蜈蝎蟾螃蚌蛹蛀虱蛔蚪蜻蚤蜓蚓蚣蝌蚯蛐蛰蠡蛆蛭螳蟑蟠蟮蜃蜥蛳蚱蚜蝮蛎蚩蛉虻蜴蠹蜚螨蜇蠼蜊蝈蚝蟪蚨蚴蛴蛞蛩蠖螫蛄虼蚧蠓螟蚋蟛蜍蜢蠊蛱螈蟊蛘螭蝼虺虿蛑蜮螯蚬蛏蠛蜣蜉蚶螬蝽雖蝣虮蚰螽蛲蚍蟥蝾蚵螓蝻螋蚺蝓蝰蜱蛸蝥蜾蜩蝦螵蠃蜞蝤螗蟬蝟蟭蟻蟓螞蠻蠔虰蛻蚖蜎蝕蟯蠣蛜蟜蠅蝸螢蠍蠟蟢螻螉蟈螾蟏蟄蛺蠨蟣蠑蠵蟟螮閩蟎螄蠮蛵繭

Iconic (4)

蜀蛊蟲䖵

Simplified (2)

独触

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

融烛

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghŋlulʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“虫，一名蝮，博三寸，首大如擘指。象其卧形。物之微細，或行，或毛，或蠃，或介，或鱗，以虫為象。”

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)

虎 hǔ, hu tiger

Pictograph of a tiger.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Mid Western Zhou ~900 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
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (2 of 5 verified)

彪琥號虒猇

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

唬琥處

Iconic (2)

虢冡

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxuXqʰˤraʔ (W dialect: *qˤʰr- >r̥ˤ- > x-)tiger

說文解字

《說文》：“虎，山獸之君。从虍，虎足象人足，象形……虝，古文虎。，亦古文虎。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.409
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

豹 bào leopard

Phonosemantic compound. 豸 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound.

Components

豸
豸 Meaning component
zhì (dhole), beast
勺
勺 Sound component
sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

貌

Remnant (1)

貌

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpaewHpˤr[e]wk-s leopard

說文解字

《說文》：“豹，似虎，圜文。从豸，勺聲。”

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)

蟲 insects Traditional

Triple of 虫.

Components

虫
虫 Iconic component
chóng bug, insect
虫
虫 Iconic component
chóng bug, insect
虫
虫 Iconic component
chóng bug, insect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (1)

蠱

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrjuwngC.lruŋ insect

說文解字

《說文》：“蟲，有足謂之蟲，無足謂之豸。从三虫。”

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)