雌狮
cí​shī

lioness

雌 cí female

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 此 represents the sound.

Components

隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird
此
此 Sound component
cǐ this

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰe
Unicodetsiɛ

說文解字

鳥母也。从隹此聲。

Sources

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

狮 shī lion Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 师 represents the sound. Simplified form of 獅.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

师
师 Sound component
shī teacher

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

獅 shī lion Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 師 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

師
師 Sound component
shī teacher

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsri
Unicodeshri

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang