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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern
Depicts
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Depicts a tiger (虎) with one horn.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | sje | s.le | (place name) |
說文解字
《說文》：“虒，委虒，虎之有角者也。从虎，聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫許進雄《新編進階甲骨文字典: 甲骨文發現120周年紀念版》p.36
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)