狌

狌 U+72CC, 狌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72CC ← 狋 [U+72CB] CJK Unified Ideographs 狍 → [U+72CD]

Translingual

Han character

狌 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹手一 (KHHQM), four-corner 4521₀, composition ⿰犭生)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 708, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20324
• Dae Jaweon: page 1121, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1340, character 7
• Unihan data for U+72CC

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 狌 – see 猩. (This character is an ancient form of 猩).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 狌 – see 鼪 (“Siberian weasel”). (This character is an ancient form of 鼪).

Japanese

Kanji

狌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. orangutan
2. Siberian weasel

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: いたち (itachi, 狌); しょうじょう (shōjō)^{←しやうじやう (syauzyau, historical)}

Korean

Hanja

狌 • (seong) (hangeul 성, revised seong)

1. (살쾡이 성, salkwaeng-i-): wildcat, lynx

Synonyms

wildcat, lynx

• 山猫 (산묘, sanmyo)
• 野猫 (야묘, yamyo)

Eurasian lynx

• 貙 (추, chu)
• 土豹 (토표, topyo)
• 猞猁 (사리, sari)