獭
tǎ

otter

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 赖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 獺.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

赖
赖 Sound component
lài depend on

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

獺 otter Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthatr̥ ˤatotter
trhæt[m-r̥ ]ˤatotter
Zhengzhangr̥ʰaːd
hr'aːd

說文解字

如小狗也。水居食魚。从犬賴聲。

Sources

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