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Translingual
Han character
獍 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 大竹卜廿山 (KHYTU), four-corner 40216, composition ⿰犭竟)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 717, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20627
- Dae Jaweon: page 1129, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1366, character 5
- Unihan data for U+734D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 滰
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*ɡaŋʔ
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| 境
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*kraŋʔ
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| 竟
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*kraŋs
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| 鏡
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*kraŋs
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| 獍
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*kraŋs
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| 樈
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*ɡraŋ
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| 璄
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*qraŋʔ
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| 摬
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*qraŋʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraŋs) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 竟 (OC *kraŋs).
Etymology
A late word; its earliest extant attestation is in the late 5th-century treatise 《述異記》 Tales of Strange Matters by 任昉 Ren Fang (460-508).
Related to 破鏡 (OC *pʰaːls kraŋs, “a beast that eats its own father”) mentioned in the Book of Han.
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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獍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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6871
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Phonetic
component
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竟
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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敬
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Old
Chinese
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/*kraŋs/
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Definitions
獍
- † a mythical tiger-like animal that eats its own mother shortly after birth
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
獍
(Hyōgai kanji)
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