liè

a mane

A mouse's  whiskers 

Components
巛 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuān

  

river

鼠 meaning component

  Meaning component

shǔ

  

rat

Evolution

巤 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
巤 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
巤 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
巤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

liè

a mane; bristles, as on a hog; dorsal fins; old variant of [liè]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 8 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+5DE4

Shuowen

“巤,毛巤也。象髮在囟上及毛髮巤巤之形。此與籀文子字同。”


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