貍

See also: 狸

貍 U+8C8D, 貍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C8D ← 貌 [U+8C8C] CJK Unified Ideographs 貎 → [U+8C8E]

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

trad.		狸/貍
simp.		狸

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

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

貍

(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 Hyōgai
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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