狛

狛	U+72DB, 狛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72DB

← 狚
[U+72DA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

狜 →
[U+72DC]

Translingual

Han character

狛 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹日 (KHHA), composition ⿰犭白)

Derived characters

𬨯

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 709, character 16
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20349
Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1340, character 13
Unihan data for U+72DB

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		狛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pò, bó (po⁴, bo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ, ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pò
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pò
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴
  - Yale: pwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: poh
  - Palladius: по (po)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bó
  - Wade–Giles: po²
  - Yale: bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
  - Palladius: бо (bo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: baak³
  - Yale: baak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³/

Definitions

狛

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 狛 – see 貊 (“name of a tribe in northern China; a kind of beast”). (This character is a variant form of 貊).

Japanese

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
狛
こま Hyōgai
kun'yomi

(something originally imported from Korea, Goguryeo): 高麗

Kanji

狛

(Hyōgai kanji)

Goguryeo
short for 狛犬 (komainu): lion dog statues found in Shinto shrines

Readings

Go-on: はく (haku)
Kan-on: はく (haku)
Kun: こま (koma, 狛)

Etymology

From 高麗 (Koma, “Goguryeo”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こま [kóꜜmà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ma̠]

Noun

狛(こま) • (koma)

short for 狛犬 (komainu): lion dog statues found in Shinto shrines

Prefix

狛(こま) • (koma-)

indicates something that was originally imported via the Korean Peninsula

Derived terms

狛犬(こまいぬ) (komainu)
狛(こま)江(え) (Komae)
狛楽(こまがく) (komagaku)
狛(こま)剣(つるぎ) (koma-tsurugi)
狛(こま)錦(にしき) (koma-nishiki)
狛笛(こまぶえ) (komabue)
狛鉾(こまぼこ) (komaboko)

Proper noun

狛(こま) • (Koma)

(historical) the Goguryeo kingdom, located on the Korean Peninsula 37 BCE–668 CE
a place name
a female given name
a surname

Derived terms

独楽(こま) (koma)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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