Read Edit View history Discussion 兽 shòu HSK7 beast Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Hsmq · Dec 23, 2025, 09:41 AM verify, components Changed fields: hint, isVerified, components, strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages Original meaning: to hunt A depiction of a hunting scene composed of a hunting tool 單 and a dog 犬. The meaning later shifted to refer to the animals hunted. The traditional component 犬 was removed for simplification. Components 单 单 Iconic component 口 口 Distinguishing component 犬 犬 Deleted component Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫李学勤《字源》p.1270黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.616-617Readings & variants Unicode