嘼

Glyph origin
According to the, a of an animal, with 吅 for its ears and 田 for its head. The feet, originally depicted as 厹 in the variant 𠾧, simplified as 口.

The Shuowen explanation of the character conflicts with several scholars. considers the character to be a compound of 單 with 口 added as a distinguishing mark, making it a. This aligns with 's criticism of the pronunciation given in the Shuowen ( 許救切). He argues that there is no evidence supporting it, while there's proof of it instead being pronounced the same as. According to him, however, 嘼 should be a of 獸, with the 犬 component omitted.