猎豹 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

liè hunt Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 昔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 獵.

Components

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

昔 Sound component

xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	zjaːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

bào leopard

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

Components

豸 Meaning component

zhì (dhole), beast

勺 Sound component

sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

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

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Component uses

Sound (1)

貌

Remnant (1)

貌

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	paewH	pˤr[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)

liè hunt Traditional

Components

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog

dog

巤 Sound component

liè whiskers

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljep	r[a]p	hunt
Zhengzhang		rab
Unicode	liɛp

說文解字

放獵逐禽也。从犬巤聲。

Sources

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

猎 liè hunt Simplified

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Historical Pronunciations

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豹 bào leopard

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

Remnant (1)

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說文解字

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獵 liè hunt Traditional

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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liè hunt Simplified

bào leopard

liè hunt Traditional