Dong Chinese dictionary

xióng

a bear

Combination of 能 (bear) and 大 (big).

Components

能 Iconic component

néng

to be able

Pictograph of a bear.

大 Iconic component

dà, dài

big

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 大 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xióng

a bear; brilliant; bright; surname; bear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke; (coll.) weak; incapable

Xióng

surname Xiong

Most common words with 熊

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	熊	bear
	熊猫	panda
	大熊猫	giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
	熊熊	raging
	浣熊	raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.753