猊

猊

猊 U+730A, 猊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-730A ← 猉 [U+7309] CJK Unified Ideographs 猋 → [U+730B]

Translingual

Han character

猊 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹X山 (KHHXU), four-corner 4721₇, composition ⿰犭兒)

1. lion
2. wild beast
3. wild horse

References

• KangXi: page 712, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20468
• Dae Jaweon: page 1124, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1353, character 12
• Unihan data for U+730A

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		猊
alternative forms		貎

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
掜	*rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
誽	*rŋeː
倪	*ŋeː
蜺	*ŋeː, *ŋeː
霓	*ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː
郳	*ŋeː
齯	*ŋeː
婗	*ŋeː
輗	*ŋeː
棿	*ŋeː
猊	*ŋeː
麑	*ŋeː
貎	*ŋeː
鯢	*ŋeː
兒	*ŋeː, *ŋje
觬	*ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
堄	*ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs
晲	*ŋeːʔ
睨	*ŋeːs
唲	*ŋje
隉	*ŋeːd
鶂	*ŋeːɡ
鬩	*ɦŋeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ŋeː) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ní (ni²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ní
    • Wade–Giles: ni²
    • Yale: ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴
    • Yale: ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋei/

Rime
Character	猊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五稽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	猊
Reading #	1/1
No.	2744
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

猊

1. Used in 狻猊 (suānní) and 唐猊 (tángní).

Compounds

唐猊 (tángní) 怒猊抉石 狻猊 (suānní)

猊座 金猊

唐猊鎧甲／唐猊铠甲 (tángní kǎijiǎ) 怒猊渴驥／怒猊渴骥

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Japanese

Kanji

猊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lion
2. the seat of a famous priest

Readings

• Kan-on: げい (gei)

Compounds

• 猊下(げいか) (geika)

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Korean

Hanja

猊 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

猊: Hán Việt readings: nghê[1][2][3][4][5]
猊: Nôm readings: nghê[1][2], nghé[2]

1. chữ Hán form of nghê (“legendary lion and dragon hybrid”).
2. Nôm form of nghé (“water buffalo calf, the cry of such an animal”).

References

1. Nguyễn (2014).
2. Trần (2004).
3. Trần (1999).
4. Nguyễn (1974).
5. Thiều Chửu (1942).