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Translingual
Han character
猊 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹難山 (KHHXU), four-corner 47217, composition ⿰犭兒)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 712, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20468
- Dae Jaweon: page 1124, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1353, character 12
- Unihan data for U+730A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 掜
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*rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
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| 誽
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*rŋeː
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| 倪
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*ŋeː
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| 蜺
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*ŋeː, *ŋeː
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| 霓
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*ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː
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| 郳
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*ŋeː
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| 齯
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*ŋeː
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| 婗
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*ŋeː
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| 輗
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*ŋeː
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| 棿
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*ŋeː
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| 猊
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*ŋeː
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| 麑
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*ŋeː
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| 貎
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*ŋeː
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| 鯢
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*ŋeː
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| 兒
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*ŋeː, *ŋje
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| 觬
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*ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
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| 堄
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*ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs
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| 晲
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*ŋeːʔ
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| 睨
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*ŋeːs
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| 唲
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*ŋje
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| 隉
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*ŋeːd
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| 鶂
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*ŋeːɡ
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| 鬩
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*ɦŋeːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋeː) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje)
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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猊
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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2744
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Phonetic
component
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兒
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Rime
group
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支
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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倪
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋeː/
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Definitions
猊
- Used in 狻猊 (suānní) and 唐猊 (tángní).
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
猊
(Hyōgai kanji)
- lion
- the seat of a famous priest
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
猊 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)
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Vietnamese
Han character
猊: Hán Việt readings: nghê[1][2][3][4][5]
猊: Nôm readings: nghê[1][2], nghé[2]
- chữ Hán form of nghê (“legendary lion and dragon hybrid”).
- Nôm form of nghé (“water buffalo calf, the cry of such an animal”).
References