猵狙
piàn​jū

mythical beast

猵 biān, piàn

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

animal

扁
扁 Sound component
biǎn flat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpeːn
binʔ

說文解字

獺屬。从犬扁聲。

Sources

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

狙 jū an ape

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

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

且
且 Sound component
qiě moreover

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰa
sʰas
Unicodetsiu

說文解字

玃屬。从犬且聲。一曰狙，犬也，暫齧人者。一曰犬不齧人也。

Sources

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