狛

Translingual

Han character

狛 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹日 (KHHA), composition ⿰犭白)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 709, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20349
• Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1340, character 13
• Unihan data for U+72DB

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Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		狛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pò (po⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pò
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pò
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴
    • Yale: pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poh
    • Palladius: по (po)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Definitions

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 狛 – see 貊 (“name of a tribe in northern China; a kind of beast”). (This character is a variant form of 貊).

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Japanese

Kanji

狛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Goguryeo
2. Short for 狛犬 (komainu): lion dog statues found in Shinto shrines

Readings

• Go-on: はく (haku)
• Kan-on: はく (haku)
• Kun: こま (koma, 狛)

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
狛
こま Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

• (something originally imported from Korea, Goguryeo): 高麗

Etymology

From 高麗 (Koma, “Goguryeo”).

Noun

狛(こま) • (koma) 

1. Short for 狛犬 (komainu): lion dog statues found in Shinto shrines

Prefix

狛(こま) • (koma-) 

1. indicates something that was originally imported via the Korean Peninsula

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 狛犬(こまいぬ) (komainu)
• 狛(こま)江(え) (Komae)
• 狛楽(こまがく) (komagaku)
• 狛(こま)剣(つるぎ) (koma-tsurugi)
• 狛(こま)錦(にしき) (koma-nishiki)
• 狛笛(こまぶえ) (komabue)
• 狛鉾(こまぼこ) (komaboko)

Proper noun

狛(こま) • (Koma) 

1. (historical) the Goguryeo kingdom, located on the Korean Peninsula 37 BCE–668 CE
2. a place name
3. a female given name

Derived terms

• 独楽(こま) (koma)