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貍

See also: 狸
貍 U+8C8D, 貍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C8D
← 貌
[U+8C8C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 貎 →
[U+8C8E]

Translingual

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Han character

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貍 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月竹田土 (BHWG), four-corner 26214, composition ⿰豸里)

  1. a fox-like animal

Usage notes

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This character is used in words for animals such as civets and the mongoose.

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1201, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36561
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1663, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3912, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+8C8D

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 貍
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 
Characters in the same phonetic series (里) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
埋 *mrɯː
霾 *mrɯː
薶 *mrɯː
榸 *ʔr'ɯː
厘 *rɯ
狸 *rɯ
貍 *p·rɯ
梩 *rɯ
艃 *rɯ
里 *rɯʔ
理 *rɯʔ
鯉 *rɯʔ
俚 *rɯʔ
悝 *rɯʔ, *km̥ʰlɯː
娌 *rɯʔ
裏 *rɯʔ
荲 *r̥ʰɯɡ, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *p·rɯ) : phonetic 里 (OC *rɯʔ) + semantic 豸.

Etymology 1

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For pronunciation and definitions of 貍 – see 狸 (“leopard cat; raccoon dog; etc.”).
(This character is a variant traditional form of 狸).

Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.
 貍

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 貍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 里之切
Baxter li
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɨ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɨ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɨ/
Li
Rong 		/liə/
Wang
Li 		/lĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/li/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 貍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ li ›
Old
Chinese 		/*p.rə/
English kind of wild cat

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 貍
Reading # 1/1
No. 7823
Phonetic
component 		里
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		釐
Old
Chinese 		/*p·rɯ/

Definitions

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貍

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Japanese

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Kanji

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貍

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

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  • Go-on: り (ri)
  • Kan-on: り (ri)
  • Kun: たぬき (tanuki, 貍)

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
貍
たぬき
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 貍 – see the following entry.
【狸たぬき】H
[noun] a raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides
[noun] (figurative) a person who pretends to be good but in fact is cunning (compare English sly fox)
[noun] Short for 狸饂飩 (tanuki-udon) and 狸蕎麦 (tanuki-soba): styles of various noodle dishes
[noun] (rare) Short for 狸寝入り (tanuki neiri): pretending to be asleep
[noun] (rare, obsolete) Short for 狸汁 (tanuki-jiru): a soup made from tanuki meat mixed with daikon, burdock root, etc.
Alternative spelling
タヌキ
(This term, 貍, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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貍 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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