Origin unclear. 虎 depicts a tiger.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
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)