cāi HSK5

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approved by Peter Olson · Nov 3, 2021, 04:49 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 3, 2021, 04:49 PM

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Original meaning: viciously resent

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Meanings derived from resentful suspicion.

Components

Meaning component

is a component form of .

Sound component
Change in sound

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》:“猜,恨賊也。从犬,青聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica