犼

犼

犼 U+72BC, 犼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72BC ← 犻 [U+72BB] CJK Unified Ideographs 犽 → [U+72BD]

Translingual

Han character

犼 (radical 94, 犬+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓木山 (KHNDU), four-corner 4221₀, composition ⿰犭孔)

References

• KangXi: page 707, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20271
• Dae Jaweon: page 1119, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1338, character 2
• Unihan data for U+72BC

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		犼

Bronze 犼

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 犭 (“canine”) + phonetic 孔 (OC *kʰloːŋʔ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǒu (hou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau³, hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˇ
    • Wade–Giles: hou³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoou
    • IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau³, hau²
    • Yale: hau, háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau³, hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo³, heo²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³³ hɐu̯³⁵/

Definitions

犼

1. (Chinese mythology) a Denglong beast

   Synonyms: 蹬龍／蹬龙, 望天吼, 朝天吼

References

• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢