狽

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See also: 狈
狽 U+72FD, 狽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72FD
← 狼
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 狾 →

Translingual

Han character

狽 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹月山金 (KHBUC), four-corner 46280, composition ⿰犭貝)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 712, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20433
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1124, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1349, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+72FD

Chinese

trad. 狽
simp. 狈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (貝) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
貝 *paːds
狽 *paːds
鋇 *paːds
浿 *pʰaːds, *pʰreːds
垻 *praːs
敗 *praːds, *braːds
唄 *braːds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paːds) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 貝 (OC *paːds).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 狽
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 泰 (25)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 愽蓋切
Baxter pajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pajH/
Li
Rong 		/pɑiH/
Wang
Li 		/pɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/pɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bui3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 狽
Reading # 1/1
No. 416
Phonetic
component 		貝
Rime
group 		祭
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		貝
Old
Chinese 		/*paːds/

Definitions

狽

  1. (mythology) a legendary wolf-like animal with short forelegs and long hind legs
  2. distressed
  3. wretched

See also

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

狽

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: はい (hai)
  • Kan-on: はい (hai)
  • Kan’yō-on: ばい (bai)

Korean

Hanja

狽 • (pae) (hangeul 패, revised pae, McCune–Reischauer p'ae, Yale phay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

狽: Hán Nôm readings: bái

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