犛

See also: 氂 and 牦

Translingual

Han character

犛 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十大一竹手 (JKMHQ), four-corner 5825₁, composition ⿸𠩺牛)

1. a black ox, a yak

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 704, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20154
• Dae Jaweon: page 1116, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1818, character 5
• Unihan data for U+729B

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Chinese

trad.		犛/牦*
simp.		牦*
alternative forms		氂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
犛	*rɯː, *rɯ, *maːw, *mraːw
釐	*rɯ
嫠	*rɯ
剺	*rɯ
孷	*rɯ
漦	*sɦrɯ
氂	*rɯ, *maːw

Etymology

Either related to or borrowed from Tibetan འབྲི ('bri, “female yak”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí, máo (li², mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ, ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ / maau⁴ / mou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máo
    • Wade–Giles: mao²
    • Yale: máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ / maau⁴ / mou⁴
    • Yale: lèih / màauh / mòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ / maau⁴ / mou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ / mao⁴ / mou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/, /maːu̯²¹/, /mou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: li, loj, maew

Rime
Character	犛	犛	犛
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	咍 (41)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I	II
Fanqie	里之切	洛哀切	莫交切
Baxter	li	loj	maew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨ/	/lʌi/	/mˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/lɨ/	/ləi/	/mᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/lie/	/lɒi/	/mau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨ/	/ləj/	/maɨw/
Li Rong	/liə/	/lᴀi/	/mau/
Wang Li	/lĭə/	/lɒi/	/mau/
Bernard Karlgren	/li/	/lɑ̆i/	/mau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí	lái	máo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4	loi4	maau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯː/, /*rɯ/, /*maːw/, /*mraːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	犛	犛	犛	犛
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4
No.	7801	7806	7809	7810
Phonetic component	釐	釐	釐	釐
Rime group	之	之	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	0	0	1	1
Corresponding MC rime		釐		茅
Old Chinese	/*rɯː/	/*rɯ/	/*maːw/	/*mraːw/
Notes			訓讀同氂	訓讀氂

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 犛

1. yak

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02504
• “犛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

犛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai); り (ri)
• Kan-on: り (ri); れい (rei)
• Kun: からうし (karaushi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 犛 (li, mao)

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