xiǎn

dog

Components

Meaning component
quǎn dog

dog

Sound component
qiān together

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

dog Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·ram
ɡ·ramʔ
ɡ·rams
qʰramʔ

說文解字

長喙犬。一曰黑犬黃頭。从犬僉聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica