a mouse

Components
鼠 meaning component

  Meaning component

shǔ

  

rat

mouse

奚 sound component

  Sound component

  

where? what? how? why?

Evolution

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

a mouse; mouse

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6865th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

23

Unicode

U+9F37

Shuowen

“鼷,小鼠也。从鼠,奚聲。”


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