Chinese Character Wiki

豻

àn, hàn

prison

Components
豸 meaning component

豸  Meaning component

zhì

  

beast

beast

干 sound component

干  Sound component

gān, gàn

  

interfere

Evolution

豻 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
豻 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
豻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

豻  

àn

prison; a kind of wild dog; jail

豻  

hàn

(canine)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-[ɢ]ˤa[r]-s

nganH

àn

wild dog


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+8C7B

Shuowen

“豻，胡地野狗。从豸，干聲。犴，豻或从犬。《詩》曰：‘宜犴宜獄。’”


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