狐 (hú)

fox

Etymology

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

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“狐,獸也,鬼所乘之。有三德:其色中和,小前大後,死則丘首。从犬,瓜聲。”

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