huá

crafty

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
犭 meaning component

  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

is a component form of .

骨 sound component

  Sound component

  

bone

Evolution

猾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
猾 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
猾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huá

crafty, cunning, shrewd; deceitful; sly

Most common words with 猾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

狡猾

crafty

sly

老奸巨猾

cunning

奸猾

crafty