yín

the snarling of dogs

Components
犭 meaning component

  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

dog

言 sound component

  Sound component

yán

  

speech

Evolution

狺 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
狺 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yín

the snarling of dogs; snarling of dogs