huān

the badger

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
犭 meaning component

  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

is a component form of .

雚 sound component

  Sound component

guànhuán

  

heron

Evolution

獾 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huān

the badger; badger

() 

huān

variant of [huān]

Most common words with 獾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

variant of 獾[huān]

狼獾

wolverine (Gulo gulo), also named 貂熊[diāo​xióng]

狗獾

badger