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)

a fox-like animal

Usage notes

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

Derived characters

𬥋, 薶, 𥵷, 霾, 𩯬, 㦟

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

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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li

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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶li
  - MiniDict: li^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/

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/
Bernhard 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

貍

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Japanese

Kanji

貍

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

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

Etymology

Kanji in this term
貍
たぬき Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【狸たぬき】H

[noun] a raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides

[noun] (figurative) a person who pretends to be good but in fact is cunning (compare English sly fox)

[noun] short for 狸饂飩 (tanuki-udon) and 狸蕎麦 (tanuki-soba): styles of various noodle dishes

[noun] (rare) short for 狸寝入り (tanuki neiri): pretending to be asleep

[noun] (rare, obsolete) short for 狸汁 (tanuki-jiru): a soup made from tanuki meat mixed with daikon, burdock root, etc.

Alternative spelling
タヌキ

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

Korean

Hanja

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

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