豦 (qú)

a wild boar; to fight

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 豕 represents the meaning and 虍 represents the sound.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“豦,鬬相丮不解也。从豕、虍。豕虍之鬬不解也。讀若蘮蒘草之蘮。司馬相如說豦,封豕之屬。一曰虎兩足舉。”

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