狃
niǔ

to covet

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

dog

丑
丑 Sound component
chǒu second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnrjuwXCə.n<r>uʔanimal tracks; claws
Zhengzhangnuʔ
nus

說文解字

犬性驕也。从犬丑聲。

Sources

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