獺

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See also: 獭
獺 U+737A, 獺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-737A
← 獹
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 獻 →
獺 U+2F928, 獺
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F928
← 𤠔
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 王 →

Translingual

Han character

獺 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 大竹木中金 (KHDLC), four-corner 47286, composition ⿰犭賴)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 721, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20782
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1133, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1377, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+737A

Chinese

trad. 獺
simp. 獭
alternative forms 㺚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (賴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
賴 *raːds
籟 *raːds
癩 *raːds, *raːd
瀨 *raːds
藾 *raːds
攋 *raːds, *reːdʔ, *raːd
懶 *raːnʔ
嬾 *raːnʔ
獺 *r̥ʰaːd, *hr'aːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *r̥ʰaːd, *hr'aːd) : phonetic 賴 (OC *raːds) + semantic 犬 (“dog”)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 獺 獺
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 曷 (63) 黠 (71)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I II
Fanqie 他達切 他鎋切
Baxter that trhaet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tʰɑt̚/ /ʈʰˠat̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tʰɑt̚/ /ʈʰᵚat̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tʰɑt̚/ /ȶʰɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tʰat̚/ /ʈʰaɨt̚/
Li
Rong 		/tʰɑt̚/ /ȶʰat̚/
Wang
Li 		/tʰɑt̚/ /ȶʰat̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/tʰɑt̚/ /ȶʰăt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ta cha
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		taat3 caat3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 獺 獺
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		tǎ tǎ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ that › ‹ trhæt ›
Old
Chinese 		/*r̥ˁat/ /*ˁat/
English otter otter

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 獺 獺
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7640 7643
Phonetic
component 		賴 賴
Rime
group 		月 月
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		闥 獺
Old
Chinese 		/*r̥ʰaːd/ /*hr'aːd/

Definitions

獺

  1. otter

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

獺

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. otter

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
獺
おそ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
獺
うそ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

獺(うそ) • (uso)  (alternative reading hiragana おそ, rōmaji oso, historical hiragana をそ)

  1. an otter

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
獺
かわおそ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
獺
かわうそ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 獺 – see the following entry.
【川獺かわうそ】
an otter (mammal)
Alternative spelling
カワウソ
【川獺かわおそ】
an otter (mammal)
Alternative spelling
カワオソ
(This term, 獺, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 獺 (MC that).

Recorded as Middle Korean 타ᇙ〮 (Yale: thalq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 달〮 (tál) (Yale: tal) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

獺 (eumhun 수달 달 (sudal dal))

  1. hanja form? of 달 (“otter”)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

獺: Hán Nôm readings: thát, rái

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