狐
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Composed of 犬 (radical animal) and 瓜, suggesting 孤 (solitary).
Han character[edit]
狐 (radical 94 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹女人 (KHHVO), four-corner 42230)
- species of fox
References[edit]
- 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
Cantonese[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
狐 (Yale wu4)
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
狐
- a fox
Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
- 雄狐 (おすきつね, osukitsune): a male fox
- 雌狐 (めすきつね, mesukitsune): a female fox; a vixen
- 妖狐 (ようこ, yōko): a demon fox (a kitsune)
- 天狐 (てんこ, tenko): a celestial fox
- 善狐 (ぜんこ, zenko): a good fox
- 野狐 (のぎつね, nogitsune): field or wild foxes
- 狐火 (きつねび, kitsunebi): will o' the wisp, foxfire
Noun[edit]
狐 (hiragana きつね, katakana キツネ, romaji kitsune)
- 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
- 794: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki
Pronunciation[edit]
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狐 (file)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- 狐憑き or 狐付き (きつねつくき, kitsunetsuki): possession by a kitsune
References[edit]
- 1962 April 19, Rizō Takeuchi, Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, ISBN 4-4903-0010-7:
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
狐 (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
Mandarin[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
狐 (Pinyin hú (hu2), Wade-Giles hu2)
Middle Chinese[edit]
Han character[edit]
狐 (*ho)
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
狐 (hồ)
