Pictograph of a dhole, a type of animal native to Asia.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | dreaX | [d]ˤreʔ | to crouch (before catching prey) |
| drjeX | [d]reʔ | bug, wug |
說文解字
《說文》：“豸，獸長脊，行豸豸然，欲有所司殺形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.737-738Wikipedia
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)