狻

狻 U+72FB, 狻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72FB ← 狺 [U+72FA] CJK Unified Ideographs 狼 → [U+72FC]

Translingual

Han character

狻 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹戈金水 (KHICE), four-corner 4324₇, composition ⿰犭夌)

1. a fabulous beast

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 712, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20431
• Dae Jaweon: page 1124, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1350, character 10
• Unihan data for U+72FB

Chinese

trad.		狻
simp. #		狻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (允) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
唆	*sloːl
梭	*sloːl
葰	*sloːlʔ, *sroːlʔ, *slul
誜	*sroːls
朘	*ʔslon
捘	*ʔsluːls, *ʔsluːns, *sʰlun
荾	*slul
酸	*sloːn
狻	*sloːn
痠	*sloːn
鋑	*ʔslon
脧	*ʔsluːl
悛	*sʰlon
吮	*zlonʔ, *ɦljunʔ
萒	*ɡronʔ, *lonʔ
沇	*lonʔ
抁	*lonʔ
馻	*lonʔ, *lunʔ
兖	*lonʔ
渷	*lonʔ
兗	*lonʔ
焌	*ʔsluːns, *ʔsluns, *sʰlud
允	*lunʔ
狁	*lunʔ
玧	*lunʔ
俊	*ʔsluns
晙	*ʔsluns, *sluns
餕	*ʔsluns
畯	*ʔsluns
駿	*ʔsluns
竣	*sʰlun
皴	*sʰlun
逡	*sʰlun
踆	*sʰlun
夋	*sʰlun
埈	*sluns
陖	*sluns
鵕	*sluns
浚	*sluns
峻	*sluns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suān (suan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suān
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suan
    • Wade–Giles: suan¹
    • Yale: swān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suan
    • Palladius: суань (suanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun¹
    • Yale: syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: swan

Rime
Character	狻
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	素官切
Baxter	swan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/suɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swan/
Li Rong	/suɑn/
Wang Li	/suɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/suɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syun1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sloːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狻
Reading #	1/1
No.	16435
Phonetic component	允
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	酸
Old Chinese	/*sloːn/

Definitions

狻

1. Only used in 狻猊 (suānní) and 狻麑.

Compounds

• 狻猊 (suānní)
• 狻麑 (suānní)

 

Japanese

Kanji

狻

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さん (san); しゅん (shun)

Korean

Hanja

狻 • (san) (hangeul 산, revised san, McCune–Reischauer san, Yale san)

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