狫

狫	U+72EB, 狫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72EB

← 狪
[U+72EA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

独 →
[U+72EC]

Translingual

Han character

狫 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹十大心 (KHJKP), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿰犭老)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 711, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20394
Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1343, character 3
Unihan data for U+72EB

Chinese

trad.		狫
simp. ^#		狫

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 老 (OC *ruːʔ) (see also Graphic pejoratives in written Chinese#Dog radical)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎo (lao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo
  - Wade–Giles: lao³
  - Yale: lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
  - Palladius: лао (lao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

狫

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, derogatory) only used in 犵狫 (gēlǎo, “Gelao [people]”) (now 仡佬 (gēlǎo))

Vietnamese

Han character

狫: Hán Nôm readings: Lào

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