háo​róng

raccoon dog down

hé, háo, mò badger

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
zhì (dhole), beast
Sound component
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

róng silk Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
silk

is a component form of .

Sound component
róng, rēng arms

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

róng silk Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
silk

is a component form of .

Sound component
róng, rēng arms

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnjuŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang