貉

See also: 狢

貉 U+8C89, 貉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C89 ← 貈 [U+8C88] CJK Unified Ideographs 貊 → [U+8C8A]

Translingual

Han character

貉 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月竹竹水口 (BHHER), four-corner 2726₄, composition ⿰豸各)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1201, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36549
• Dae Jaweon: page 1663, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3911, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8C89

Chinese

simp. and trad.		貉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貉
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hé, háo (he², hao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ, ㄏㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hok⁶ / lok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hé
    • Wade–Giles: ho²
    • Yale: hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
    • Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háo
    • Wade–Giles: hao²
    • Yale: háu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur
    • Palladius: хао (xao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hok⁶ / lok³
    • Yale: hohk / lok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hok⁹ / lok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hog⁶ / log³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːk̚²/, /lɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: hak

Rime
Character	貉
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	下各切
Baxter	hak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦak̚/
Li Rong	/ɣɑk̚/
Wang Li	/ɣɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡlaːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貉
Reading #	1/2
No.	3889
Phonetic component	各
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	涸
Old Chinese	/*ɡlaːɡ/

Definitions

貉

1. tanuki (raccoon dog)

Compounds

• 一丘之貉 (yīqiūzhīhé)
• 貉子 (háozi)
• 貉絨 / 貉绒

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶ / maak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴
    • Yale: mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mak⁶ / maak⁶
    • Yale: mahk / maahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹ / maak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶ / mag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚²/, /maːk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: maek

Rime
Character	貉
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫白切
Baxter	maek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/mɐk̚/
Wang Li	/mɐk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mak6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤrak/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɡraːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mò
Middle Chinese	‹ maek ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁrak/
English	a Northern tribe
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貉
Reading #	2/2
No.	3893
Phonetic component	各
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陌
Old Chinese	/*mɡraːɡ/

Definitions

貉

1. alternative form of 貊 (mò)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03923
• “貉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	狢
Kyūjitai	貉

Kanji

貉

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 狢)

1. badger
2. raccoon dog (tanuki)

Readings

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

Etymology

Kanji in this term
貉
むじな Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 貉 – see the following entry.

【狢むじな】H [noun] synonym of 穴熊 (anaguma): a badger [noun] (regional) synonym of 狸 (tanuki): a raccoon dog [noun] (mythology) a yōkai that shapeshifts and deceives humans Alternative spelling ムジナ

(This term, 貉, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲貉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Vietnamese

Han character

貉: Hán Nôm readings: hạc, lạc, mạch, hào, mạ

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