貘

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See also: 貊
貘 U+8C98, 貘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C98
← 貗
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 貙 →

Translingual

Han character

貘 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月竹廿日大 (BHTAK), four-corner 24234, composition ⿰豸莫)

  1. panther
  2. tapir

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1203, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36621
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1664, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3915, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+8C98

Chinese

trad. 貘
simp. # 貘
alternative forms 獏

Etymology

Sense of tapir since Qing and Republican eras due to a misinterpretation of a chimera of the same name attributed to Bai Juyi and further transmitted by Su Song to the Compendium of Materia Medica (1596) made known to Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat in 1824.[1]

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 貘
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 陌 (113)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 莫白切
Baxter maek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mˠæk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mᵚak̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mak̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/maɨjk̚/
Li
Rong 		/mɐk̚/
Wang
Li 		/mɐk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mɐk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mak6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 貘
Reading # 1/1
No. 9264
Phonetic
component 		莫
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		陌
Old
Chinese 		/*mraːɡ/

Definitions

貘

  1. tapir
  2. † giant panda

References

  1. ^ Harper, Donald (2013 January) “The Cultural History of the Giant Panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca'') in Early China”, in Early China‎, volume 35/36, pages 185–224

Japanese

Kanji

貘

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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

Etymology

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

Noun

貘(ばく) or 貘(バク) • (baku) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 獏 (“tapir”)
    • 2002 July 27, Mashiba, Shin, “第(だい)壱(いち)夜(や)　下(クダ)リ階(カイ)段(ダン) [Night 1: Downward Stairway]”, in 夢(ゆめ)喰(くい)見(けん)聞(ぶん) [The Dream-Eating Inspector], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Square Enix, page 5:
      そいつの名(な)前(まえ)は 蛭(ヒル)孤(コ)　悪(あく(・))夢(む(・))を糧(かて)とし生(い)きる　「貘(ばく)」である。
      Soitsu no namae wa Hiruko AKUMU o kate toshi ikiru “Baku” de aru.
      His name is Hiruko. He feeds on NIGHTMARES. He is a “baku”.

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Korean

Hanja

貘 • (maek) (hangeul 맥, revised maek, McCune–Reischauer maek, Yale mayk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

貘: Hán Nôm readings: mạc

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References

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