悍匪
hàn​fěi

vicious bandit

悍 hàn courageous

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 旱 represents the sound. Simplified form of 猂.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

旱
旱 Sound component
hàn drought

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaːns

說文解字

勇也。从心旱聲。

Sources

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

匪 fěi bandits

Components

匚
匚 Meaning component
fāng, fàng box

basket

非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

榧篚

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpjɨjXpəjʔbamboo basket; bandit
Zhengzhangpɯlʔ
Unicodepiə̌i

說文解字

器，似竹筐。从匚非聲。《逸周書》曰：“實玄黃于匪。”

Sources

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