Definitions

raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki); also pr. [háo]
old term for northern peoples; silent

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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