豺

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See also: 犲
豺 U+8C7A, 豺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C7A
← 豹
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 豻 →

Translingual

Han character

豺 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月竹木竹 (BHDH), four-corner 24200, composition ⿰豸才)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1200, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36500
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1662, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3908, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8C7A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 豺
alternative forms 犲
𧆯
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • 豺 (Wu)
  • 豺 (Cantonese)
  • 豺 (Written Standard Chinese?)

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (才) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
茬 *zraː, *zraːʔ, *ʔsrɯ, *zrɯ
材 *zlɯː
才 *zlɯː, *zlɯːs
財 *zlɯː
鼒 *zlɯː, *ʔslɯ
在 *zlɯːʔ, *zlɯːs
豺 *zrɯː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zrɯː) : semantic 豸 (“creature”) + phonetic 才 (OC *zlɯː, *zlɯːs).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “link with Manchu "jar'hu"?”)

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou:
    • châi/chhâi - literary;
    • siâ - vernacular.
Note:
  • cai5 - literary;
  • sai6 - vernacular.
Rime
Character 豺
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 皆 (33)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 士皆切
Baxter dzreaj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʒˠɛi/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖ͡ʐᵚæi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʒɐi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖ͡ʐəɨj/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ʒɛi/
Wang
Li 		/d͡ʒɐi/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɖ͡ʐʱăi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chái
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		caai4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 豺
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chái
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzreaj ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁrə/
English wolf

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 豺
Reading # 1/1
No. 1066
Phonetic
component 		才
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		豺
Old
Chinese 		/*zrɯː/

Definitions

豺

豺
  1. dhole (Cuon alpinus)
    豺狼  ―  cháiláng  ―  the dhole and the wolf
    豺狗  ―  cháigǒu  ―  dhole

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 豺 (“dhole”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 豺
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 豺, 豺狗
Taxonomic name 豺
Northeastern Mandarin Harbin 棒子狗
Lanyin Mandarin Lanzhou 豺狼子, 豺狗子
Gan Nanchang 豺狗
Pingxiang 豺狗
Hakka Meixian 豺狗
Yudu 豺狗
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 豺狗
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 豺狗
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 豺狗
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 豺狗
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 豺狗
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 豺狗
Huizhou Jixi 豺狗
Eastern Min Fuzhou 豺
Southern Min Xiamen 豺狗
Jinjiang 山狗
Zhangzhou 山狗, 豺狗
Wu Ningbo 豺狗
Wenzhou 豺狗
Xiang Changsha 豺狗子
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 豺狗

Usage notes

This canid is often misidentified as a jackal (胡狼) or a wolf (狼) by English translators (Schafer, 1991). Chinese translators also often use 豺 to translate "jackal".

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

豺

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ぜ (ze)
  • Kan-on: さい (sai)
  • Kun: やまいぬ (yamainu)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 豺 (MC dzreaj). Recorded as Middle Korean 𧲣/싀 (suy) (Yale: suy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

豺 (eumhun 승냥이 시 (seungnyang'i si))

  1. hanja form? of 시 (“dhole”)

Compounds

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

豺: Hán Việt readings: sài (牀(sàng)皆(giai)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4]
豺: Nôm readings: sài[1][3][5], rài[4][5]

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Compounds

Compounds

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. ^ Trần (2004).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bonet (1899).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Génibrel (1898).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
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