chuò

rabbit-like animal

Pictograph of a rabbit-like animal.

Evolution

㲋 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
㲋 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
㲋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㲋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chuò

a kind of animals (like rabbit, it is blue colored and much bigger); ancient name for an animal similar to rabbit but bigger

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+3C8B

Shuowen

“,獸也。似兔,青色而大。象形。頭與兔同,足與鹿同。”
Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.748



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