Dong Chinese dictionary

dú

alone

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

Components

犭 Meaning component

quǎn

dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

蜀 Sound component

shǔ

short name for Sichuan

獨 and 蜀 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.獨 /*[d]ˤok/
蜀 /*[d]ok/

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

dú

alone, single, solitary, only; alone; independent; single; sole; only

Most common words with 獨

Sources