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Translingual
Han character
狃 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓土 (KHNG), four-corner 47215, composition ⿰犭丑)
- to covet
- to be accustomed
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 707, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20289
- Dae Jaweon: page 1120, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1337, character 6
- Unihan data for U+72C3
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 峱
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*nuː
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| 紐
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*nuʔ
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| 扭
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*nuʔ, *tnuʔ
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| 狃
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*nuʔ, *nus
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| 鈕
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*nuʔ
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| 忸
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*nuʔ, *nuɡ
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| 杻
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*nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ
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| 莥
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*nuʔ
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| 羞
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*snu
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| 丑
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*n̥ʰuʔ
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| 沑
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*njuʔ, *nuɡ
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| 粈
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*njuʔ
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| 衄
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*nuɡ, *njuɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *nuʔ, *nus) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ) – animal tracks. However, the phonetic component indicates an animal claw, hence it adds part of the meaning.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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狃
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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niǔ
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nrjuwX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*Cə.n<r>uʔ/
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| English
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animal tracks; claws
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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狃
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狃
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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1519
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1528
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Phonetic
component
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丑
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丑
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Rime
group
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幽
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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狃
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糅
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Old
Chinese
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/*nuʔ/
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/*nus/
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Definitions
狃
- † to adhere to
- † to be accustomed to
- † animal tracks
Japanese
Kanji
狃
(Hyōgai kanji)
- get used to
- learn
Readings