獣
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Translingual
Traditional | 獸 |
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Shinjitai | 獣 |
Simplified | 兽 |
Han character
獣 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火口戈大 (FRIK), composition ⿰⿱畄𠮛犬)
References
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 719, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20714
- Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1369, character 7
- Unihan data for U+7363
Japanese
Shinjitai | 獣 |
Kyūjitai | 獸 |
Kanji
(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 獸)
Readings
- Go-on: しゅ (shu)←しゆ (syu, historical)
- Kan-on: しゅう (shū)←しう (siu, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: じゅう (jū, Jōyō)←じう (ziu, historical)
- Kun: けもの (kemono, 獣, Jōyō); けだもの (kedamono, 獣)
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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獣 |
けだもの Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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獸 (kyūjitai) |
Literally "thing of hair". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) + だ (da, genitive marker) + 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2] Medial -da- is a very rare genitive marker found in compounds, also seen in 果物 (kudamono, “fruit”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) けだもの [kèdámónó] (Heiban – [0])[3][2]
- IPA(key): [ke̞da̠mo̞no̞]
Noun
獣 • (kedamono) (kyūjitai 獸)
- an animal covered in fur, a beast
- 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 6 (back))
- 獸 ケタモノ
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 6 (back))
Etymology 2
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獣 |
けもの Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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獸 (kyūjitai) |
Literally "hair thing". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) + 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) けもの [kèmónó] (Heiban – [0])[3][2]
- IPA(key): [ke̞mo̞no̞]
Noun
獣 • (kemono) (kyūjitai 獸)
- an animal covered in fur, a beast
- 1999 February 4, “ダーク・グレイ [Dark Gray]”, in Vol.1, Konami:
- からだが灰色のけもの。あまり見かけない貴重ないきもの。
- Karada ga haiiro no kemono. Amari mikakenai kichō na ikimono.
- A beast with a gray body. It is a rarely seen treasure of nature.
- からだが灰色のけもの。あまり見かけない貴重ないきもの。
- 1999 July 5, “モン・ラーバス [Mon Larvas]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:
- ラーバスがより進化したけもの。力がパワーアップしている。
- Rābasu ga yori shinka shita kemono. Chikara ga pawā-appu shite iru.
- A beast who evolved from Larvas and is now even more powerful.
- ラーバスがより進化したけもの。力がパワーアップしている。
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Derived terms
- 獣耳 (kemonomimi): kemonomimi
- 獣道 (kemonomichi)
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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獣 |
しし Grade: S |
irregular |
Alternative spellings |
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獸 (kyūjitai) 鹿 猪 |
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[4] From Proto-Japonic *sisi. Cognate with 肉 (shishi, “meat of a beast”).[4]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) しし [shíꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [ɕiɕi]
Noun
獣 • (shishi)
- (archaic) a beast (used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)
Idioms
- 獣食った報い (shishi kutta mukui)
Etymology 4
Kanji in this term |
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獣 |
じゅう Grade: S |
kan’yōon |
Alternative spelling |
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獸 (kyūjitai) |
/siu/ → /ɕiu/ → /d͡ʑiu/ → /d͡ʑuː/
From Middle Chinese 獸 (syuwH, “(wild) animal”). Compare modern Mandarin reading shòu, Min Nan siù.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) じゅう [júꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [(d͡)ʑɨᵝː]
Noun
獣 • (jū) ←じう (ziu)? (kyūjitai 獸)
- beast
Derived terms
- 一角獣 (ikkakujū): a unicorn
- 益獣 (ekijū): beneficial animal
- 怪獣 (kaijū): a monster (generally a big animal monster, like Godzilla or Mothra)
- 害獣 (gaijū): harmful animal
- 麝香獣 (jakōjū): moschiferous animal (musk deer, civet, etc)
- 獣医 (jūi): a veterinarian
- 獣姦 (jūkan): bestiality (sexual activity)
- 尾獣 (bijū): tailed beast
- 雷獣 (raijū): a thunder beast
Idioms
- 獣を逐う者は目に太山を見ず (jū o ou mono wa me ni taizan o mizu)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- “獣・猪・鹿”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.