懂中文 Dong Chinese

獭

tǎ

otter

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 赖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 獺.

Components
犭 meaning component

犭  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

赖 sound component

赖  Sound component

lài

  

depend on

Evolution

獭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
獭 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

獭 (獺) 

tǎ

otter; Taiwan pr. [tà]

Most common words with 獭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

獭

otter

水獭

otter

海獭

sea otter

旱獭

marmot