猾
huá HSK7

crafty

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

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

骨
骨 Sound component
gǔ, gú bone

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthwɛt[ɡ]ˤrutdisturb, trouble; crafty
Zhengzhangɡruːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica