獳

Translingual

Han character

獳 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大竹一月月 (KHMBB), four-corner 4102₇, composition ⿰犭需)

1. fierce dog looking

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 720, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20760
• Dae Jaweon: page 1132, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1374, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7373

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		獳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
羺	*noː
獳	*noː
擩	*noːs, *njoʔ, *njos, *njul, *njod
譳	*noːs
懦	*noːls, *njo
糯	*noːls
需	*sno
繻	*sno, *njo
鑐	*sno
儒	*njo
濡	*njo, *noːn
襦	*njo
嚅	*njo
顬	*njo
鱬	*njo
嬬	*njo
臑	*njo
醹	*njo, *njoʔ
蠕	*njo
孺	*njos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nòu (nou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nòu
    • Wade–Giles: nou⁴
    • Yale: nòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: now
    • Palladius: ноу (nou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /noʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nau⁶
    • Yale: nauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: nyu, nuw

Rime
Character	獳	獳
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	人朱切	奴鉤切
Baxter	nyu	nuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨo/	/nəu/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵio/	/nəu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑio/	/nəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuə̆/	/nəw/
Li Rong	/ȵio/	/nu/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭu/	/nəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯u/	/nə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rú	nóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	nau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*noː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獳
Reading #	1/1
No.	13961
Phonetic component	需
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	羺
Old Chinese	/*noː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 獳

1. ^† (of a dog) to fly into a rage
2. Used in 朱獳.
3. A surname.