a fox-like animal

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
豸 meaning component

  Meaning component

zhì

  

(dhole), beast

里 sound component

  Sound component

  

village

Evolution

貍 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
貍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
貍 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
貍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

a fox-like animal

() 

variant of [lí]

Most common words with 貍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

狐狸

fox

海狸

beaver

raccoon dog

狐狸精

fox-spirit

老狐狸

old fox

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)