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Translingual
Han character
熊 (Kangxi radical 86, 火 +10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈心火 (IPF ), four-corner 21331 , composition ⿱能 灬 )
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 679 , character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19294
Dae Jaweon: page 1090, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2227, character 5
Unihan data for U+718A
Chinese
熊
熊
Glyph origin
According to Shuowen , phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ɢʷlɯm ) : semantic 能 ( “ bear ” ) + abbreviated phonetic 炎 ( OC *ɦlam) .
This character originally represented an onomatopoetic word (熊熊 (xióngxióng , “(of flame) raging”)). Later its semantic component 能 (OC *nɯː, *nɯːs, *nɯːŋ, *nɯːŋʔ ), the character for the Old Chinese word "bear", was borrowed for another word. This character thus began to represent the word "bear" instead.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-wam . Cognate with Tibetan དོམ ( dom , “ bear ” ) , Burmese ဝံ ( wam ) (in ဝက်ဝံ ( wak-wam , “ bear ” ) ).
Pronunciation
Note :
hîm - vernacular (incl. surname);
hiông - literary.
Note :
hing5 - Chenghai;
him5 - other places.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
熊
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
xióng
Middle Chinese
‹ hjuwng ›
Old Chinese
/*C.ʷ(r)əm/
English
bear (n.)
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
熊
Reading #
1/1
No.
13906
Phonetic component
熊
Rime group
侵
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
雄
Old Chinese
/*ɢʷlɯm/
Definitions
熊
bear ( mammal ) (Classifier : 頭 / 头 m ; 隻 / 只 m c mn )
( colloquial ) to scold (Can we add an example for this sense?)
( colloquial ) timid ; cowardly
( Northeastern Mandarin ) to bully ; to extort
( gay slang ) bear ( large, hairy man, especially a homosexual one )
( archaic , Muping and Xining Mandarin , Xinzhou Jin ) black bear
a surname : Xiong (mainland China ); Hsiung (Taiwan ); Hung (Hong Kong )
熊 十 力 ― Xióng Shílì ― Xiong Shili (20th-century Chinese philosopher)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
熊 (“bear”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
熊
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
狗熊 , 熊瞎子
Taiwan
熊
Chengde
狗熊 , 熊 , 熊瞎子
Chifeng
狗熊 , 熊瞎子
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
狗熊 , 熊瞎子 , 黑熊
Heihe
狗熊 , 熊 , 熊瞎子 , 黑瞎子
Qiqihar
狗熊 , 熊 , 熊瞎子 , 黑瞎子
Harbin
熊瞎子 , 黑瞎子 , 黑熊
Jiamusi
狗熊 , 熊 , 熊瞎子 , 黑瞎子
Baicheng
狗熊 , 熊 , 熊瞎子 , 狗駝子
Changchun
狗熊 , 熊瞎子
Tonghua
熊瞎子
Shenyang
狗熊 , 熊 , 熊瞎子
Jinzhou
狗熊 , 熊 , 熊瞎子
Singapore
熊
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
狗熊
Cangzhou
狗熊
Baoding
狗熊 , 熊
Shijiazhuang
狗熊 , 熊 , 黑瞎得
Lijin
狗熊
Jinan
狗熊 , 熊 , 黑瞎子
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Dalian
黑傻子
Dandong
狗熊 , 熊 , 熊瞎子 , 黑瞎子
Yantai
黑瞎子
Qingdao
黑瞎子
Zhucheng
狗熊兒 , 大老黑
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
熊
Lingbao
狗熊
Jining
狗熊 , 黑瞎子
Wanrong
熊
Linfen
狗熊
Shangqiu
狗熊 , 熊
Yuanyang
狗熊 , 熊
Zhengzhou
狗熊 , 狗黑兒
Xinyang
熊
Ankang
熊
Baihe
熊
Xi'an
人熊 , 熊 , 狗熊
Baoji
狗熊 , 熊
Tianshui
熊
Xining
狗熊 , 熊
Xuzhou
熊 , 狗黑子
Fuyang
熊 , 狗黑子
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
狗熊 , 熊
Lanzhou
狗熊 , 熊
Dunhuang
熊
Hami
熊
Ürümqi
狗熊
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
狗熊 , 熊
Nanchong
熊
Dazhou
人熊 , 狗熊
Hanyuan
老熊
Xichang
狗熊 , 熊
Zigong
狗熊 , 熊
Chongqing
熊 , 熊嘎婆
Wuhan
狗熊 , 熊
Yichang
狗熊 , 熊
Xiangyang
熊
Tianmen
狗熊 , 熊
Guiyang
狗熊
Zunyi
狗熊
Bijie
狗熊
Liping
狗熊
Zhaotong
狗熊
Dali
狗熊
Kunming
人熊 , 熊 , 狗熊
Mengzi
老熊
Guilin
熊
Liuzhou
人熊 , 熊 , 狗熊
Jishou
熊
Changde
熊
Hanzhong
熊
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
狗熊 , 熊
Yangzhou
狗熊 , 熊
Lianyungang
狗熊 , 熊
Lianshui
狗熊 , 熊
Nantong
熊
Anqing
狗熊 , 熊
Wuhu
狗熊 , 熊
Hefei
狗熊 , 熊
Hong'an
熊
Cantonese
Guangzhou
熊 , 熊人
Hong Kong
熊人 , 熊
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
熊
Macau
熊
Guangzhou (Panyu)
熊
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
熊
Guangzhou (Conghua)
熊
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
熊
Foshan
熊
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
熊
Foshan (Shunde)
熊
Foshan (Sanshui)
熊人
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
熊
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
熊
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
熊
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
熊
Zhuhai (Doumen)
熊
Jiangmen (Baisha)
熊
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
熊
Taishan
熊
Kaiping (Chikan)
熊
Enping (Niujiang)
熊
Heshan (Yayao)
熊
Dongguan
熊
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
熊
Gan
Nanchang
熊
Pingxiang
熊
Hakka
Meixian
熊家
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
熊
Dongguan (Qingxi)
熊
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
熊
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
熊人
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
熊
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
熊
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
熊
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
熊
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
熊
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
熊
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
熊
Huizhou
Jixi
熊
Shexian
狗熊 , 熊
Jin
Taiyuan
狗熊 , 熊
Yangyuan
人熊 , 熊 , 狗熊
Datong
狗熊
Xinzhou
狗熊 , 熊
Lüliang (Lishi)
狗熊 , 熊
Changzhi
人熊 , 熊 , 狗熊
Linhe
狗熊
Jining
熊
Hohhot
狗熊 , 熊
Erenhot
人熊 , 熊 , 狗熊
Pingshan
狗熊
Zhangjiakou
狗熊 , 人熊
Handan
狗熊 , 熊
Linzhou
熊
Suide
熊
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
熊
Southern Min
Taipei (Wanhua)
熊
Kaohsiung
熊
Yilan
熊
Changhua (Lukang)
熊
Taichung
熊
Taichung (Wuqi)
熊
Tainan
熊
Taitung
熊
Hsinchu
熊
Penghu (Magong)
熊
Leizhou
狗熊
Haikou
熊
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
熊
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
熊 , 狗熊
Wu
Shanghai
熊
Shanghai (Chongming)
熊
Suzhou
熊
Jinhua
熊
Xiang
Changsha
熊
Loudi
熊
僝僽 ( chánzhòu ) ( literary ) 叱罵 / 叱骂 ( chìmà ) 叱責 / 叱责 ( chìzé ) 吆喝 ( colloquial ) 呲 ( cī ) 呲兒 / 呲儿 ( cīr ) 呵叱 ( hēchì ) 呲打 ( cīda ) ( Northeastern Mandarin ) 呵斥 ( hēchì ) 呵責 / 呵责 ( hēzé ) ( literary ) 喝叱 嗔怪 ( chēnguài ) ( literary ) 嗔著 / 嗔着 ( chēnzhe ) ( colloquial ) 怪 ( guài ) 怒 ( nù ) ( Classical Chinese ) 怨怪 ( Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien ) 怪罪 ( guàizuì ) 批評 / 批评 ( pīpíng ) 指摘 ( zhǐzhāi ) 指斥 ( zhǐchì ) 指責 / 指责 ( zhǐzé ) 指點 / 指点 ( zhǐdiǎn ) 捋 ( Quanzhou Hokkien ) 摘 ( literary, or in compounds ) 撻伐 / 挞伐 ( tàfá ) ( literary, figurative ) 數落 / 数落 ( shǔluo ) ( informal ) 數說 / 数说 ( shǔshuō ) 斥斥 ( Xiamen Hokkien ) 斥罵 / 斥骂 ( chìmà ) 斥責 / 斥责 ( chìzé ) 歸咎 / 归咎 ( guījiù ) 歸罪 / 归罪 ( guīzuì ) 派 激勵 / 激励 ( jīlì ) ( literary ) 申斥 ( shēnchì ) 痛罵 / 痛骂 ( tòngmà ) 聲討 / 声讨 ( shēngtǎo ) 訓 / 训 ( xùn ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 訓斥 / 训斥 ( xùnchì ) 詬病 / 诟病 ( gòubìng ) ( literary ) 說 / 说 說話 / 说话 ( shuōhuà ) 謗議 / 谤议 ( bàngyì ) ( literary ) 譴責 / 谴责 ( qiǎnzé ) 責備 / 责备 ( zébèi ) 責怪 / 责怪 ( zéguài ) 責罵 / 责骂 ( zémà ) 責難 / 责难 ( zénàn ) 貶斥 / 贬斥 ( biǎnchì ) ( literary ) 貶責 / 贬责 ( biǎnzé ) 賴 / 赖 ( lài ) 非議 / 非议 ( fēiyì ) 非難 / 非难 ( fēinàn ) 體斥 / 体斥 ( Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien )
Dialectal synonyms of
黑熊 (“black bear”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
熊
(common “Jōyō” kanji )
bear
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
熊 (kuma ): a brown bear .
From Old Japanese . First cited in the Kojiki of 712.
Further derivation is uncertain. Possibilities include:
Might be cognate with Japanese 隈 ( kuma , “ inside corner; inner bend; hollow or hole in something ” ) , perhaps from the way that bears often live in dens .
Might also or separately be cognate with Middle Korean 곰〯 ( kwǒm , “ bear ” ) , whose archaic form */koma/ is preserved as the first element of the toponym 고마〮ᄂᆞᄅᆞ ( Kwòmánòlò , literally “ Bear-ford ” ) . Thus, a cognate of Korean 곰 ( gom , “ bear ” ) and Baekje 金馬 ( *kəma/*kuma , “ bear ” ) .
Might be an areal Wanderwort , borrowed from Old Chinese 熊 (OC *ɢʷlɯm ) and ultimately deriving from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-wam . See also the etymology notes in the *d-wam entry.
Pronunciation
Noun
熊( くま ) or 熊( クマ ) • (kuma )
a bear ( large mammal of family Ursidae )
( slang ) hairiness in general; ( more specifically ) a bear , an otter ( a hairy man , especially one who is gay )
( theater ) standing room only audience members in the pit ( from the way the standing section would often have a metal railing or fence separating it, resembling a bear cage )
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana , especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as クマ .
Derived terms
Prefix
熊( くま ) or 熊( クマ ) • (kuma )
prefixed to other nouns for animals or plants to indicate large size or great strength, relative to other varieties
Derived terms
References
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988 ) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition) ] (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Shogakukan , →ISBN
^ Entry at Nihon Jiten (in Japanese)
↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997 ), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten ] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
↑ 5.0 5.1 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
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 熊 (MC hjuwng ).
Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun , 1448
ᅘᅮᇰ (Yale : hhwùng )
Middle Korean
Text
Eumhun
Gloss (hun )
Reading
Hunmong Jahoe , 1527
곰〯 (Yale : kwǒm )
우ᇰ (Yale : wùng )
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
熊 (eumhun 곰 웅 ( gom ung ) )
Hanja form? of 웅 ( “ bear ” ) .
Compounds
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Okinawan
Kanji
熊
(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji )
bear
Readings
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 熊 ( kuma , “ bear ” ) and Korean 곰 ( gom ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
熊( くま ) (kuma )
bear
References
“くま【熊】 ” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary , 2019.
Vietnamese
Han character
熊 : Hán Nôm readings: hùng
bear