獏

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獏 U+734F, 獏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-734F
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Translingual

Han character

獏 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+11 in traditional Chinese, 犬+10 in simplified Chinese, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese, 13 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 大竹廿日大 (KHTAK), composition ⿰犭莫)

  1. the panther
  2. the tapir

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 717, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20638
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1129, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1362, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+734F

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 獏 – see 貘 (“tapir; giant panda”).
(This character is a variant form of 貘).

Japanese

 獏 on Japanese Wikipedia
 バク on Japanese Wikipedia
 Baku (spirit) on Wikipedia

Kanji

獏

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. tapir

Readings

  • Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
  • Kan-on: ばく (baku)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
獏
ばく
Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
貘

Pronunciation

Noun

獏(ばく) or 獏(バク) • (baku) 

  1. a spirit that feeds on nightmares
  2. a tapir

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
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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