貉
hémò

badger

Phonosemantic compound. 豸 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components

豸
豸 Meaning component
zhì (dhole), beast
各
各 Sound component
gè each

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmaekmˤraka Northern tribe
Zhengzhangɡlaːɡ
mɡraːɡ

說文解字

北方豸穜。从豸各聲。孔子曰：“貉之爲言惡也。”

Sources

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