Xiǎn​yǔn

Xianyun

xiǎn dog Simplified

Components

Meaning component
quǎn dog

dog

Sound component
qiān together

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

yǔn a tribe of Scythian nomads

Components

Meaning component
quǎn dog

animal

Sound component
yǔn allow, permit

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartywinX[l]u[r]ʔ獫狁 xjemX.ywinX (name of a northern tribe)
Zhengzhanglunʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

dog Traditional

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·ram
ɡ·ramʔ
ɡ·rams
qʰramʔ

說文解字

長喙犬。一曰黑犬黃頭。从犬僉聲。

Sources

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