Chinese Character Wiki

犴

àn

a wild dog

Components
犭 meaning component

犭  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

dog

干 sound component

干  Sound component

gān, gàn

  

interfere

Evolution

犴 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
犴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
犴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

犴  

àn

a wild dog, a not very large lock-up; jail

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6407th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+72B4

Shuowen

“豻，胡地野狗。从豸，干聲。犴，豻或从犬。《詩》曰：‘宜犴宜獄。’”


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