猛犸
měng​mǎ

mammoth

猛 měng violent

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

dog

孟
孟 Sound component
mèng first in series

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmraːŋʔ
Unicodemæ̌ng

說文解字

健犬也。从犬孟聲。

Sources

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

犸 mà, mǎ mammoth Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound. Simplified form of 獁.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

马
马 Sound component
mǎ horse

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

獁 mammoth Traditional

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode