háo

badger

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
豸 meaning component

  Meaning component

zhì

  

(dhole), beast

各 sound component

  Sound component

  

each

Evolution

貉 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
貉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

háo

badger; raccoon dog

 

raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki); also pr. [háo]

 

old term for northern peoples; silent

Most common words with 貉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

also pr. [háo]

一丘之貉

jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.