獠
liáo

to hunt at night by torches

Hunting with dogs 犭 and torches 尞; 尞 also provides the pronunciation

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog
尞
尞 SoundMeaning component
liào, liáo burnt offering

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangreːwʔ
ʔr'eːwʔ
reːw

說文解字

獵也。从犬尞聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)