fén

a variety of mole

Components

Meaning component
shǔ rat

rat

Sound component
fēn, fèn, fen divide

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯn
bɯnʔ

說文解字

地行鼠,伯勞所作也。一曰偃鼠。从鼠分聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica