豹

leopard; panther

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

豸 (semantic, “beast”) + 勺 (phonetic, sháo)

components: 豸勺

leopard · Heisig RSH #1902

leopard + 勺 ladle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 勺

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 勺 (sháo) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
勺 sound component	sháo	spoon, ladle; unit of volume
酌	zhuó	to pour wine, to drink wine; to deliberate, to consider
灼	zhuó	to burn, to cauterize; bright
芍	sháo	peony; water chestnuts
妁	shuò	matchmaker, go-between
玓	dì	pearl
趵	bào	the noise of tramping feet

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
西门豹	Xī mén Bào	Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏國\|魏国[Wei4 guo2]
海豹科	hǎi bào kē	Phocidae, family within Carnivora including seal
海豹部队	Hǎi bào bù duì	see 海豹突擊隊\|海豹突击队[Hai3 bao4 tu1 ji1 dui4]
吃熊心豹子胆	chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn	to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom); to pluck up some courage
远东豹	Yuǎn dōng bào	Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
金钱豹	jīn qián bào	leopard
海豹突击队	Hǎi bào tū jī duì	(US Navy) SEAL commando unit
斑海豹	bān hǎi bào	spotted seal (Phoca largha)
象海豹	xiàng hǎi bào	elephant seal
美洲豹	Měi zhōu bào	jaguar (Panthera onca)
豹子	bào zi	leopard; CL:頭\|头[tou2]
狼虫虎豹	láng chóng hǔ bào	(idiom) ferocious beasts
海豹	hǎi bào	(zoology) seal
花豹	huā bào	leopard; CL:隻\|只[zhi1]
全豹	quán bào	the full picture (i.e. the whole situation); panorama
云豹	yún bào	clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
管中窥豹	guǎn zhōng kuī bào	lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture
雪豹	xuě bào	snow leopard
窥豹一斑	kuī bào yī bān	lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view
鹿豹座	Lù bào zuò	Camelopardalis (constellation)