little lamb

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
大 sound component

  Sound component

dài

  

big

羊 meaning component

  Meaning component

yáng

  

sheep

Evolution

羍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
羍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
羍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

little lamb

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)