tiger

is a component form of . Depicts the head of a tiger.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (10 of 12 verified)

Meaning (1 of 3 verified)

Simplified (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxuqʰˤra (dialect *qˤʰr- >r̥ˤ- > x-)tiger

說文解字

《說文》:“虍,虎文也。象形。”

Sources

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