羴
shān

rank odour of sheep or goats

The smell of a large flock of sheep 羊

Components

羊
羊 Meaning component
yáng sheep
羊
羊 Meaning component
yáng sheep
羊
羊 Meaning component
yáng sheep

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

羼

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyens.tansmell of sheep
Zhengzhangqʰreːn
qʰljen

說文解字

羊臭也。从三羊。凡羴之屬皆从羴。

Sources

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