狸
lí

fox

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound. Simplified form of 貍.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

里
里 Sound component
lǐ, li village

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartli[r]ə𧳏狸 *pə.[r]ə kind of wild cat (Jiāngnán pron. ap. Guō Pú, ca. 300 CE)
lip.rəkind of wild cat (pron. west of the Hángǔ pass, ap. Fāngyán)
Zhengzhangrɯ
Unicodeliə

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang