貂

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See also: 㹦 and 鼦
貂 U+8C82, 貂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C82
← 貁
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 貃 →

Translingual

Han character

貂 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月竹尸竹口 (BHSHR), four-corner 27262, composition ⿰豸召)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1200, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36528
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1662, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3910, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+8C82

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 貂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
刀 *taːw
忉 *taːw
魛 *taːw
舠 *taːw
朷 *taːw, *moːɡ
叨 *tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒 *taːwʔ, *taːws
到 *taːws
菿 *taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀 *deːw
鳭 *rteːw, *teːw
灱 *hreːw
菬 *sdew, *tjewʔ
超 *tʰew
怊 *tʰew, *tʰjew
欩 *tʰew
召 *dews, *djews
昭 *tjew
招 *tjew
鉊 *tjew
沼 *tjewʔ
照 *tjews
詔 *tjews
炤 *tjews
弨 *tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧 *tʰjewʔ
韶 *djew
佋 *djew, *djewʔ
軺 *djew, *lew
玿 *djew
柖 *djew
紹 *djewʔ
袑 *djewʔ
綤 *djewʔ
邵 *djews
劭 *djews
卲 *djews
刁 *teːw
芀 *teːw, *deːw
貂 *teːw
蛁 *teːw
迢 *deːw
苕 *deːw
髫 *deːw
岧 *deːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *teːw) : semantic 豸 + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 貂
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 都聊切
Baxter tew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/teu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/teu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/teu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tɛw/
Li
Rong 		/teu/
Wang
Li 		/tieu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		diāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		diu1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 貂
Reading # 1/1
No. 2155
Phonetic
component 		刀
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		貂
Old
Chinese 		/*teːw/

Definitions

貂

  1. marten
  2. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

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Kanji

貂

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: ちょう (chō)
  • Kan-on: ちょう (chō)
  • Kun: てん (ten, 貂)、いたち (itachi, 貂)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
貂
てん
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
黄鼬

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

貂(てん) or 貂(テン) • (ten) 

  1. Japanese marten, Martes melampus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

貂 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)

  1. (담비 초, dambi-): marten, sable

Vietnamese

Han character

貂: Hán Nôm readings: điêu

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