獮

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See also: 狝
獮 U+736E, 獮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-736E
← 獭
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 獯 →

Translingual

Han character

獮 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大竹一火月 (KHMFB), four-corner 41227, composition ⿰犭爾)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 720, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20748
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1131, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1374, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+736E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
嬭 *rneːlʔ, *niːlʔ
禰 *niːlʔ
镾 *niːlʔ, *mnel
薾 *niːlʔ
檷 *niːlʔ
鑈 *niːlʔ, *neːb
瀰 *niːlʔ, *mnel, *mnelʔ
獼 *mnel
瓕 *mnel
彌 *mnel
鸍 *mnel, *hnjel
擟 *mnel
濔 *mnelʔ
壐 *smlelʔ
璽 *smlelʔ
爾 *njelʔ
邇 *njelʔ
獮 *smlenʔ
籋 *neb, *neːb

Alternative forms with 𤣔. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *smlenʔ): semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 爾 (OC *njelʔ).

Etymology 1: Simplified from 𤣗 (璽 → 爾).

Etymology 2: Simplified from 獼 (彌 → 爾).

Etymology 1

trad. 獮
simp. 狝
alternative forms
𤣗
𤣔
𤣐
𤣝
𥙮
𤣗
𤣔
𤣐
𤣝
𥙮
𥜬
𥜦
𥜲
 

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 獮
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 息淺切
Baxter sjenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/siᴇnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/siɛnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sjænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sianX/
Li
Rong 		/siɛnX/
Wang
Li 		/sĭɛnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/si̯ɛnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sin2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 獮
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xiǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sjenX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s.eʔ/
English autumnal hunt

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 獮
Reading # 1/1
No. 2819
Phonetic
component 		爾
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		獮
Old
Chinese 		/*smlenʔ/
Notes 說文從璽

Definitions

獮

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) autumnal hunting
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hunt and kill

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 獮 – see 獼 (“macaque genus of monkeys)”).
(This character is a variant form of 獼).

Japanese

Kanji

獮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): せん (sen)
  • Kun: かり (kari)

Korean

Hanja

獮 (eumhun 죽일 선 (jugil seon))

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References

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