狢

See also: 貉

Translingual

Han character

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

1. animal name

References

• 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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
髂	*kʰraːɡs
路	*ɡ·raːɡs
輅	*ɡ·raːɡs
賂	*ɡ·raːɡs
虂	*ɡ·raːɡs
露	*ɡ·raːɡs
潞	*raːɡs
鷺	*raːɡs
璐	*raːɡs
簬	*raːɡs
簵	*ɡ·raːɡs
洛	*ɡ·raːɡ
駱	*ɡ·raːɡ
絡	*ɡ·raːɡ
酪	*ɡ·raːɡ
烙	*ɡ·raːɡ
雒	*ɡ·raːɡ
珞	*ɡ·raːɡ
硌	*ɡ·raːɡ
袼	*ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ
笿	*ɡ·raːɡ
鉻	*ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
鮥	*ɡ·raːɡ
鵅	*ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
挌	*ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
落	*ɡ·raːɡ
各	*klaːɡ
胳	*klaːɡ
閣	*klaːɡ
格	*klaːɡ, *kraːɡ
擱	*klaːɡ
恪	*kʰlaːɡ
愙	*kʰaːɡ
貉	*ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ
狢	*ɡlaːɡ
佫	*ɡlaːɡ
略	*ɡ·raɡ
茖	*kraːɡ
骼	*kraːɡ
觡	*kraːɡ
蛒	*kraːɡ
敋	*kraːɡ
客	*kʰraːɡ
喀	*kʰraːɡ
揢	*kʰraːɡ
額	*ŋɡraːɡ
峉	*ŋɡraːɡ
頟	*ŋɡraːɡ
詻	*ŋɡraːɡ
垎	*ɡraːɡ
楁	*ɡraːɡ

Definitions

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

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Japanese

Kanji

狢

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 貉)

1. badger
2. raccoon dog

Readings

• Go-on: がく (gaku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku)
• Kun: むじな (mujina, 狢)

Etymology 1

A 狢 (mujina) from the 和漢三才図会 (Wakan Sansai Zue)

Kanji in this term
狢
むじな Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Noun

1. Synonym of 穴熊 (anaguma): a badger
2. (regional) Synonym of 狸 (tanuki): a raccoon dog

   from the similarity of its fur color compared to a badger

3. (mythology) a yōkai that shapeshifts and deceives humans

Derived terms

• 狢(ムジナ)藻(モ) (mujinamo, “waterwheel plant”, )

Proverbs

• 一(ひと)つ穴(あな)の狢(むじな) (hitotsu ana no mujina)
• 同(おな)じ穴(あな)の狢(むじな) (onaji ana no mujina)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
狢
もじな Hyōgaiji
irregular

Shift from mujina above.

Noun

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

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
狢
うじな Hyōgaiji
irregular

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).

Possibly a shift from mujina above.

Noun

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

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Korean

Hanja

狢 • (hak) (hangeul 학, revised hak, McCune–Reischauer hak, Yale hak)

1. (오소리 학, osori-): badger

Synonyms

학 (hak)

• 貉, 狢
• 貈

환 (hwan)

• 貆, 狟
• 貛, 獾

-웅 (-ung) "-bear"

• 土熊 (토웅, to-)
• 穴熊 (혈웅, hyeol-)

• 貒 (단, dan)

See also

• 狢 (むじな, mujina) badger, raccoon dog
• 狸 (たぬき, tanuki) raccoon dog, badger
• 狸 (너구리=리, neoguri=ri) raccoon dog