Phonosemantic compound. 豸 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
豹
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
豹
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
豹
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
豹
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
豹
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
豹
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
豹
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
豹
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
豹
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
豹
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
豹
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
豹
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
豹
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
豹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
豹 [bào]
leopard; panther
Japanese
leopard (Panthera pardus)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (36)
海豹 [hǎibào] #9,136
seal (zoology)
豹子 [bàozi] #20,278
leopard
美洲豹 [měizhōubào] #19,223
panther
猎豹 [lièbào] #20,825
cheetah
猎豹 [lièbào] #20,825
cheetah
金钱豹 [jīnqiánbào] #60,813
leopard
金钱豹 [jīnqiánbào] #60,813
leopard
雪豹 [xuěbào] #48,210
snow leopard
云豹 [yúnbào] #47,279
clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
云豹 [yúnbào] #47,279
clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
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JAPANESE WORDS (40)
豹変 [ひょうへん] #16,242
sudden change
黒豹 [くろひょう] #47,042
black panther
女豹 [めひょう] #62,030
leopardess
ヒョウ柄 [ひょうがら] #86,268
leopard print (design)
雪豹 [ゆきひょう] #95,607
snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
海豹 [アザラシ] #105,771
earless seal (Phocidae)
ヤブ蚊 [やぶか] #117,563
Aedes (genus of mosquitoes)
虎豹 [こひょう] #161,617
tigers and leopards
全豹 [ぜんぴょう] #188,558
the whole
君子は豹変す [くんしはひょうへんす] #208,220
a wise man changes his mind, a fool never
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