鼬獾
yòu​huān

ferret badger

鼬 yòu weasel

Phonosemantic compound. 鼠 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.

Components

鼠
鼠 Meaning component
shǔ rat
由
由 Sound component
yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanglɯwɢs

說文解字

如鼠，赤黃而大，食鼠者。从鼠由聲。

Sources

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

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