xiǎn

dog

Components
犭 meaning component

  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

dog

佥 sound component

  Sound component

qiān

  

together

Evolution

猃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
猃 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
猃 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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xiǎn

dog; a kind of dog with a long snout; see 獫狁|猃狁[Xiǎn​yǔn]