猝
cù

abruptly

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

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

卒
卒 Sound component
zú, cù, cuì soldier, to finish

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰuːd

說文解字

犬从艸暴出逐人也。从犬卒聲。

Sources

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