貍

See also: 狸

Translingual

Han character

貍 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月竹田土 (BHWG), four-corner 2621₄, composition ⿰豸里)

1. a fox-like animal

Usage notes

This character is used in words for animals such as civets and the mongoose.

Derived characters

• 㦟, 薶, 霾, 𩯬, 𬥋

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1201, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36561
• Dae Jaweon: page 1663, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3912, character 12
• Unihan data for U+8C8D

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貍
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
埋	*mrɯː
霾	*mrɯː
薶	*mrɯː
榸	*ʔr'ɯː
厘	*rɯ
狸	*rɯ
貍	*p·rɯ
梩	*rɯ
艃	*rɯ
里	*rɯʔ
理	*rɯʔ
鯉	*rɯʔ
俚	*rɯʔ
悝	*rɯʔ, *km̥ʰlɯː
娌	*rɯʔ
裏	*rɯʔ
荲	*r̥ʰɯɡ, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *p·rɯ) : phonetic 里 (OC *rɯʔ) + semantic 豸.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 貍 – see 狸 (“leopard cat; raccoon dog; etc.”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 狸).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		貍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁴
    • Yale: lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶li
    • MiniDict: li^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/

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• Middle Chinese: li

Rime
Character	貍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	里之切
Baxter	li
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɨ/
Shao Rongfen	/lie/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨ/
Li Rong	/liə/
Wang Li	/lĭə/
Bernard Karlgren	/li/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*p.rə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*p·rɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lí
Middle Chinese	‹ li ›
Old Chinese	/*p.rə/
English	kind of wild cat
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	貍
Reading #	1/1
No.	7823
Phonetic component	里
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	釐
Old Chinese	/*p·rɯ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 貍

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Japanese

Kanji

貍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: り (ri)
• Kan-on: り (ri)
• Kun: たぬき (tanuki, 貍)

Kanji in this term
貍
たぬき Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Noun

貍(たぬき) or 貍(タヌキ) • (tanuki) 

1. Alternative spelling of 狸

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Korean

Hanja

貍 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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