狐
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
Composed of 犬 (radical animal) and 瓜, suggesting 孤 (solitary).
[edit] Han character
狐 (radical 94 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹女人 (KHHVO), four-corner 42230)
- species of fox
[edit] 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
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
狐 (Yale wu4)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Noun
狐 (hiragana きつね, romaji kitsune)
- 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
- 794: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki
[edit] Kanji
狐
- a fox.
[edit] Readings
[edit] Compounds
- 妖狐 (ようこ, yōko): a demon fox (a kitsune)
- 天狐 (てんこ, tenkō): a celestial fox
- 善狐 (ぜんこ, zenkō): a good fox
- 野狐 (やこう, yakō; のぎつね, nogitsune): field or wild foxes
- 狐火 (きつねひ, kitsunebi): will o' the wisp, foxfire
[edit] Derived terms
- 狐憑き or 狐付き (きつねつくき, kitsunetsuki): possession by a kitsune
[edit] References
- 1962 February 13, Takeuchi, Rizō, Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, ISBN 4-4903-0010-7:
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
狐 (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Hanzi
狐 (pinyin hú (hu2), Wade-Giles hu2)
[edit] Vietnamese
[edit] Han character
狐 (hồ)
