狩
shòu

to hunt

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 守 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

守
守 Sound component
shǒu defend

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyuwHs.tuʔ-s to hunt

說文解字

《說文》：“狩，犬田也。从犬，守聲。《易》曰：‘明夷于南狩。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)