獅
shī

lion

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

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

師
師 Sound component
shī teacher

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsri
Unicodeshri

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang