狻

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狻 U+72FB, 狻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72FB
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 狼 →

Translingual

Han character

狻 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹戈金水 (KHICE), four-corner 43247, composition ⿰犭夌)

  1. a fabulous beast

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 712, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20431
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1124, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1350, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+72FB

Chinese

trad. 狻
simp. # 狻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (允) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唆 *sloːl
梭 *sloːl
葰 *sloːlʔ, *sroːlʔ, *slul
誜 *sroːls
朘 *ʔslon
捘 *ʔsluːls, *ʔsluːns, *sʰlun
荾 *slul
酸 *sloːn
狻 *sloːn
痠 *sloːn
鋑 *ʔslon
脧 *ʔsluːl
悛 *sʰlon
吮 *zlonʔ, *ɦljunʔ
萒 *ɡronʔ, *lonʔ
沇 *lonʔ
抁 *lonʔ
馻 *lonʔ, *lunʔ
兖 *lonʔ
渷 *lonʔ
兗 *lonʔ
焌 *ʔsluːns, *ʔsluns, *sʰlud
允 *lunʔ
狁 *lunʔ
玧 *lunʔ
俊 *ʔsluns
晙 *ʔsluns, *sluns
餕 *ʔsluns
畯 *ʔsluns
駿 *ʔsluns
竣 *sʰlun
皴 *sʰlun
逡 *sʰlun
踆 *sʰlun
夋 *sʰlun
埈 *sluns
陖 *sluns
鵕 *sluns
浚 *sluns
峻 *sluns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 狻
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 桓 (62)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 素官切
Baxter swan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/suɑn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sʷɑn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/suɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/swan/
Li
Rong 		/suɑn/
Wang
Li 		/suɑn/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/suɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		suān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		syun1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 狻
Reading # 1/1
No. 16435
Phonetic
component 		允
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		酸
Old
Chinese 		/*sloːn/

Definitions

狻

  1. Only used in 狻猊 (suānní) and 狻麑.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

狻

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): さん (san)、しゅん (shun)

Korean

Hanja

狻 • (san) (hangeul 산, revised san, McCune–Reischauer san, Yale san)

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