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狩

shòu

winter hunting

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 守 represents the sound.

Components
犭 meaning component

犭  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

守 sound component

守  Sound component

shǒu

  

defend

Evolution

狩 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
狩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
狩 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

狩  

shòu

winter hunting; imperial tour; to hunt; to go hunting (as winter sport in former times); hunting dog

Most common words with 狩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

狩猎

to hunt

狩

to hunt

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.tuʔ-s

syuwH

shòu

to hunt


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.3867% of movies

2757th most common character in movies

3190th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+72E9

Shuowen

“狩，犬田也。从犬，守聲。《易》曰：‘明夷于南狩。’”


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