肰
rán

dog meat

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Meat (⺼) of a dog (犬).

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

犬
犬 Meaning component
quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnjen

說文解字

《說文》：“肰，犬肉也。从犬、肉。讀若然。，古文肰。，亦古文肰。”

Sources

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