狐

Translingual

Etymology

Composed of 犬 (radical animal) and 瓜, suggesting 孤 (solitary).

Han character

狐 (radical 94 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹女人 (KHHVO), four-corner 4223₀, composition ⿰犭瓜)

1. species of fox

Derived characters

• 𦱄 𠍐 𦻨

References

• KangXi: page 708, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20333
• Dae Jaweon: page 1121, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1340, character 14
• Unihan data for U+72D0

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Chinese

Wikipedia ^zh

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simp. and trad.		狐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hú (hu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: hú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hu²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
    • IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴
    • Yale: wùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (狐, reconstructed)
Character (狐), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 模 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 戸吳切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦuo/	/ɣuo/	/ɣo/	/ɦuo/	/ɦɔ/	/ɣu/	/ɣo/

Noun

狐

1. fox

Derived terms

Derived terms

白狐 (báihú, "arctic fox") 北極狐／北极狐 (běijíhú, "arctic fox") 狐狸 (húli, "fox")

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Japanese

Kanji

狐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: ぐ (gu), ご (go)
• Kan’on: こ (ko)
• Kun: きつね (kitsune)

Compounds

Compounds

妖狐 (ようこ) (yōko): a demon fox 天狐 (てんこ) (tenko): a celestial fox 善狐 (ぜんこ) (zenko): a good fox 野狐 (やこ) (yako): field or wild foxes 白狐 (びゃっこ) (byakko): white fox; arctic fox

Etymology

Kanji in this term

狐

きつね Hyōgaiji

kun'yomi

Various theories. The most likely is based on the root form kitsu, which may have originally been onomatopoeic for the sound of a fox's cry. The final ne syllable appeared for certain by the Heian period, but the meaning of the ne portion remains unclear.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) きつね [kìtsúné] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [kit͡sɯᵝne̞]

• Audio

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Noun

狐 (hiragana きつね, katakana キツネ, romaji kitsune)

1. a fox
   • 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki

     狐狼 上扈反, 倭言岐都禰, 又狐諼獸鬼所乘有三徳, 狐疑不定也, 狼音良, 訓, 似犬也, 倭言大神也

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as キツネ.

Synonyms

• フォックス (fokkusu)

Derived terms

Derived terms

狐憑 (きつねつ)き (kitsunetsuki): possession by a kitsune 狐 (きつね)の嫁入 (よめい)り (kitsune no yomeiri): a sun shower 狐火 (きつねび) (kitsunebi): will o' the wisp, foxfire 雄狐 (おすぎつね) (osugitsune): a male fox 北狐 (きたきつね) (kitakitsune): Vulpes vulpes schrenckii, the northern fox or Hokkaido fox of Japan and Sakhalin 野狐 (のぎつね) (nogitsune): field or wild foxes 雌狐 (めすぎつね) (mesugitsune): a female fox, a vixen

References

• 1962 May 2, Rizō Takeuchi, Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, ISBN 4-4903-0010-7:

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Korean

Hanja

狐 (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Okinawan

Kanji

狐 (hiragana ちちに, romaji chichini)

Etymology

/*kit͡sune/ → /t͡ɕit͡sini/ → /t͡ɕit͡ɕini/

Cognate with mainland Japanese 狐 (kitsune).

Appears in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as ちつィに (chitsini). The phonemes /t͡si/ and /t͡ɕi/ converged in Okinawan during the 20th century.

Noun

狐 (hiragana ちちに, romaji chichini)

1. fox

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Vietnamese

Han character

狐 (hồ)

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