羍
dá

little lamb

Phonosemantic compound. 羊 represents the meaning and 大 represents the sound.

Components

大
大 Sound component
dà, dài big
羊
羊 Meaning component
yáng sheep

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (1)

達

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰaːd

說文解字

《說文》：“羍，小羊也。从羊，大聲。讀若達。，羍或省。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)