猁

猁 U+7301, 猁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7301 ← 猀 [U+7300] CJK Unified Ideographs 猂 → [U+7302]

Translingual

Han character

猁 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹木弓 (KHHDN), four-corner 4220₀, composition ⿰犭利)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 712, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20453
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1349, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7301

Chinese

simp. and trad.		猁

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 利.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁶
    • Yale: leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
    • Tâi-lô: lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li
    • MiniDict: li^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/

Definitions

猁

1. Only used in 猞猁 (shēlì).

Etymology 2

Derived from 利狗 (“derogatory term for Liverpool fans”, literally “Liverpool Dogs”), where 利 is the shortened form of 利物浦 (“Liverpool FC”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶, lei⁶ gau²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁶, lei⁶ gau²
    • Yale: leih, leih gáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶, lei⁶ gau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶, léi⁶ geo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²² lei̯²² kɐu̯³⁵/

Note: lei6 gau2 - pronunciation of 利狗.

Definitions

猁

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, soccer, neologism, Internet slang, humorous or derogatory) Liverpool F.C. or its supporters

See also

• 獌 (“Manchester United FC”)