貙

貙 U+8C99, 貙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C99 ← 貘 [U+8C98] CJK Unified Ideographs 貚 → [U+8C9A]

Translingual

Han character

貙 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月竹尸口口 (BHSRR), four-corner 2121₆, composition ⿰豸區)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1203, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36624
• Dae Jaweon: page 1664, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3916, character 18
• Unihan data for U+8C99

Chinese

trad.		貙
simp.		䝙
alternative forms		𤠾

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貙
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (區) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
摳	*kʰoː, *kʰo
彄	*kʰoː
剾	*kʰoː, *qoː
謳	*qoː
歐	*qoː, *qoːʔ
區	*qoː, *kʰo
鷗	*qoː
甌	*qoː
漚	*qoː, *qoːs
瞘	*qoː
嘔	*qoː, *qoːʔ
櫙	*qoː
膒	*qoː
蓲	*qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
醧	*qoː, *qas
鏂	*qoː
毆	*qoːʔ
塸	*qoːʔ
貙	*kʰl'o
樞	*kʰjo
驅	*kʰo, *kʰos
軀	*kʰo
嶇	*kʰo
鰸	*kʰo
敺	*kʰo
傴	*qoʔ
嫗	*qos
饇	*qos

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chū (chu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ / keoi¹ / ceoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chū
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹
    • Yale: chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu
    • Palladius: чу (ču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: syu¹ / keoi¹ / ceoi¹
    • Yale: syū / kēui / chēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ / koey¹ / tsoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ / kêu¹ / cêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵/, /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trhju

Rime
Character	貙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敕俱切
Baxter	trhju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/ȶʰio/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰl'o/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貙
Reading #	1/1
No.	10603
Phonetic component	區
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	貙
Old Chinese	/*kʰl'o/

Definitions

貙

1. ^† a beast resembling a raccoon dog
2. ^† a dog-sized, tiger-like beast with raccoon dog's markings.
3. ^† a small tiger with five fingers

Compounds

• 貙虎／䝙虎

 

References

• “貙”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

貙

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. tiger
2. tigerlike beast

Readings

• On (unclassified): ちゅ (chu)、ちょ (cho)
• Kun: けもの (kemono)

Korean

Hanja

貙 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu)

1. (스라소니 추, seurasoni-): lynx, bobcat

Synonyms

• 貔 (비, bi)
• 土豹 (토표, topyo)
• 猞猁 (사리, sari)
• 猞猁猻 (사리손, sarison)