獾
huān

the badger

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 䝔.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

雚
雚 Sound component
guàn, huán heron

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰoːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica