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Translingual
Han character
獶 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 大竹一月水 (KHMBE), four-corner 41247, composition ⿰犭憂)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 720, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20770
- Dae Jaweon: page 1132, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1375, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7376
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 憂
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*qu
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| 優
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*qu
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| 瀀
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*qu
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| 櫌
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*qu
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| 鄾
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*qu
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| 嚘
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*qu
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| 耰
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*qu
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| 獶
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*qu
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| 纋
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*qu
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| 懮
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*quʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qu) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 憂 (OC *qu).
Pronunciation 1
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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獶
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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náo
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ naw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*nˁu/
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| English
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a kind of monkey
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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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Definitions
獶
- Alternative form of 猱 (náo, “macaque”)
- Used in 獶人 and 獶雜／獶杂.
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
獶
- † (of a dog) frightened; scared
- † barking of a frightened dog
Compounds
Pronunciation 3
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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獶
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15500
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Phonetic
component
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憂
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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憂
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Old
Chinese
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/*qu/
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| Notes
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說文作獿
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Definitions
獶
- Only used in 獶獀 (yōusōu).
Japanese
Kanji
獶
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings