tuàn

a hog

Pictograph of a pig () being pierced or shot by an arrow. Similar in origin to .

Components
◎ iconic component

  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts an arrow that is penetrating the pig.

豕 iconic component

  Iconic component

shǐ

  

pig

Evolution

彖 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
彖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
彖 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
彖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tuàn

a hog; a hedgehog; a porcupine; to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)