duǎn​tuǐ​liè​quǎn

basset hound

duǎn short

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shǐ arrow
Sound component
dòu bean
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttwanXtˤorʔ short

說文解字

《說文》:“短,有所長短,以矢為正。从矢,豆聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

tuǐ legs

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 退 represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

退
退 Sound component
tuì retreat

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangn̥ʰuːlʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

liè hunt Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
quǎn dog

is a component form of .

Sound component
xī, cuò in the past, ancient times

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzjaːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

quǎn dog

Pictograph of a dog.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Unknown (2)

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Deleted (1)

Simplified (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhwenX[k]ʷʰˤ[e][n]ʔ dog

說文解字

《說文》:“犬,狗之有縣蹏者也。象形。孔子曰:‘視犬之字如畫狗也。’”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.750
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

liè hunt Traditional

Components

Meaning component
quǎn dog

dog

Sound component
liè whiskers

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartljepr[a]phunt
Zhengzhangrab
Unicodeliɛp

說文解字

放獵逐禽也。从犬巤聲。

Sources

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