xiē

smoke or flames from fire

Components
犭 meaning component

  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

dog

曷 sound component

  Sound component

  

why? what? where?

Evolution

猲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
猲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiē

smoke or flames from fire; roast; short-snout dog

 

frightened; terrified