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狐 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+5 in Chinese, 犬+6 in Japanese, 8 strokes in Chinese, 9 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 大竹竹女人 (KHHVO), four-corner 42230, composition ⿰犭瓜)
trad. | 狐 | |
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simp. # | 狐 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ɡʷaː) : semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 瓜 (OC *kʷraː).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gwa (“fox”). Cognate with Tibetan ཝ (wa, “fox”).
狐
Kanji in this term |
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狐 |
きつね Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.
There are various theories. The most likely is based on the root form kitsu, which may have originally been onomatopoeic for the sound of a fox's cry. The final ne syllable appeared for certain by the Heian period, but its meaning remains unclear.
From Middle Chinese 狐 (MC hu).
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Dongguk Jeongun Reading | ||
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᅘᅩᆼ (Yale: hhwò) | |
Middle Korean | ||
Text | Eumhun | |
Gloss (hun) | Reading | |
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 여ᅀᅳ (Yale: yèzù) | 호 (Yale: hwò) |
Kanji in this term |
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狐 |
ちちに Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
/*kitune/ → /t͡ɕit͡sini/ → /t͡ɕit͡ɕini/
Cognate with Japanese 狐 (kitsune).
Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as ちつィに. The phonemes /t͡si/ and /t͡ɕi/ converged in Okinawan during the 20th century.
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