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U+72E2, 狢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72E2

[U+72E1]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+72E3]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 94, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹水口 (KHHER), composition )

  1. animal name

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 710, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20366
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1345, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+72E2

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Definitions[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“tanuki”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. badger
  2. raccoon dog

Readings[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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A (mujina) from the 和漢三才図会 (Wakan Sansai Zue)
Kanji in this term
むじな
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(むじな) or (ムジナ) (mujina

  1. Synonym of 穴熊 (anaguma): a badger
  2. (regional) Synonym of (tanuki): a raccoon dog
    from the similarity of its fur color compared to a badger
  3. (mythology) a yōkai that shapeshifts and deceives humans
Usage notes[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Proverbs[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
もじな
Hyōgaiji
irregular

Shift from mujina above.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(もじな) (mojina

  1. (regional) Same as むじな (mujina) above.

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
うじな
Hyōgaiji
irregular

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[3]

Possibly a shift from mujina above.

Noun[edit]

(うじな) (ujina

  1. (obsolete) Same as むじな (mujina) above.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 狢・貉”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(hak) (hangeul , revised hak, McCune–Reischauer hak, Yale hak)

  1. (오소리 학, osori-): badger

Synonyms[edit]

(hak)
(hwan)
- (-ung) "-bear"

See also[edit]