狫

狫

狫 U+72EB, 狫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72EB ← 狪 [U+72EA] CJK Unified Ideographs 独 → [U+72EC]

Translingual

Han character

狫 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹十大心 (KHJKP), four-corner 4421₁, composition ⿰犭老)

References

• KangXi: page 711, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20394
• Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1343, character 3
• Unihan data for U+72EB

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Chinese

trad.		狫
simp. #		狫

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 老 (OC *ruːʔ) (see also Graphic pejoratives in written Chinese#Dog radical)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎo (lao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lao³
    • Yale: lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
    • Palladius: лао (lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

狫

1. ^† (derogatory) Only used in 犵狫 (“Gelao [people]”). (now 仡佬)

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Vietnamese

Han character

狫: Hán Nôm readings: Lào

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