豺

See also: 犲

Translingual

Han character

豺 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月竹木竹 (BHDH), four-corner 2420₀, composition ⿰豸才)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1200, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36500
• Dae Jaweon: page 1662, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3908, character 4
• Unihan data for U+8C7A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		豺
alternative forms		犲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
茬	*zraː, *zraːʔ, *ʔsrɯ, *zrɯ
材	*zlɯː
才	*zlɯː, *zlɯːs
財	*zlɯː
鼒	*zlɯː, *ʔslɯ
在	*zlɯːʔ, *zlɯːs
豺	*zrɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zrɯː) : semantic 豸 (“creature”) + phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs).

Etymology

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 豺

豺

1. dhole (Cuon alpinus)

   豺狼  ―  cháiláng  ―  the dhole and the wolf

   豺狗  ―  cháigǒu  ―  dhole

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) cruel; wicked; mean

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 豺 (“dhole”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		豺
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豺, 豺狗
Taxonomic name		豺
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	棒子狗
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	豺狼子, 豺狗子
Gan	Nanchang	豺狗
	Pingxiang	豺狗
Hakka	Meixian	豺狗
	Yudu	豺狗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豺狗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豺狗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豺狗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豺狗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豺狗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豺狗
Huizhou	Jixi	豺狗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	豺
Southern Min	Xiamen	豺狗
	Jinjiang	山狗
	Zhangzhou	山狗, 豺狗
Wu	Ningbo	豺狗
	Wenzhou	豺狗
Xiang	Changsha	豺狗子

Usage notes

This canid is often misidentified as a jackal (胡狼) or a wolf (狼) by English translators (Schafer, 1991). Chinese translators also often use 豺 to translate "jackal".

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

豺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぜ (ze)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: やまいぬ (yamainu)

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Korean

Hanja

豺 • (si) (hangeul 시)

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Vietnamese

Han character

豺: Hán Việt readings: sài (牀(sàng)皆(giai)切(thiết))
豺: Nôm readings: sài, rài

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Compounds

Compounds

• 豺狼 (sài lang)