犭
quǎn

dog

犭 is a component form of 犬, which is a pictograph of a dog.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (18 of 84 verified)

独获犯狂猛犹狗猜狠猫猎狼猪猩狭猴狮狄猿狐狡狸猾狈狩狒猝猖狞狙獗猓狰猥獾獭猬犷獠狻猕獐獯獬狎狷狯猢狲狍犸猗猊獍猡狺猞猁犴猱狁狴犰狳狃猹猃猸狨猶猲獵獅猵狽猻狉猙猳狹獷獲玃獨

Iconic (2)

狱獄

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

猇

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodekuěn

說文解字

《說文》：“犬，狗之有縣蹏者也。象形。孔子曰：‘視犬之字如畫狗也。’”

Sources

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