獣

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See also: 獸
獣 U+7363, 獣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7363
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Translingual

Traditional 獸
Shinjitai 獣
Simplified 兽

Han character

獣 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火口戈大 (FRIK), composition ⿰⿱畄𠮛犬)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 719, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20714
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1369, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7363

Japanese

Shinjitai

獣

Kyūjitai

獸

Kanji

獣

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 獸)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
獣
けだもの
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
獸 (kyūjitai)

Literally "thing of hair". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) +‎ だ (da, genitive marker) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2] Medial -da- is a very rare genitive marker found in compounds, also seen in 果物 (kudamono, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

獣(けだもの) • (kedamono) 

  1. an animal covered in fur, a beast

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
獣
けもの
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
獸 (kyūjitai)

Literally "hair thing". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

獣(けもの) • (kemono) 

  1. an animal covered in fur, a beast
    • 1999 February 4, “ダーク・グレイ”, in Vol.1, Konami:
      からだが灰(はい)色(いろ)のけもの。あまり見(み)かけない貴(き)重(ちょう)ないきもの。
      Karada ga haīro no kemono. Amari mikakenai kichō na ikimono.
      A beast with a gray body. It is a rarely seen treasure of nature.
    • 1999 July 5, “モン・ラーバス”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:
      ラーバスがより進(しん)化(か)したけもの。力(ちから)がパワーアップしている。
      Rābasu ga yori shinka shita kemono. Chikara ga pawā-appu shite iru.
      A beast who evolved from Larvas and is now even more powerful.
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
獣
しし
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spellings
獸 (kyūjitai)
鹿
猪

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[4] From Proto-Japonic *sisi. Cognate with 肉 (shishi, “meat of a beast”).[4]

Pronunciation

Noun

獣(しし) • (shishi) 

  1. (archaic) a beast (used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)
  2. (slang) a female attendant at a bathhouse or hot spring
  3. (slang, archaic) a female prostitute at a bathhouse or hot spring
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:娼婦
Idioms

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
獣
じゅう
Grade: S
kan'yōon
Alternative spelling
獸 (kyūjitai)

/siu/ → /ɕiu/ → /d͡ʑiu/ → /d͡ʑuː/

From Middle Chinese 獸／兽 (syuwH, “(wild) animal”). Compare modern Mandarin reading shòu, Min Nan siù.

Pronunciation

Noun

獣(じゅう) • (jū) ←じう (ziu)?

  1. beast
Derived terms
Derived terms
Idioms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 “獣・猪・鹿”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.
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