獺

See also: 獭

獺	U+737A, 獺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-737A

← 獹
[U+7379]

CJK Unified Ideographs

獻 →
[U+737B]

獺	U+2F928, 獺 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F928

← 𤠔
[U+2F927]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

王 →
[U+2F929]

Translingual

Han character

獺 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 大竹木中金 (KHDLC), four-corner 4728₆, composition ⿰犭賴)

Derived characters

𤅂

Related characters

獭 (Simplified Chinese)

References

KangXi: page 721, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20782
Dae Jaweon: page 1133, character 5
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1377, character 4
Unihan data for U+737A
Unihan data for U+2F928

Chinese

trad.		獺
simp.		獭
alternative forms		㺚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
賴	*raːds
籟	*raːds
癩	raːds, raːd
瀨	*raːds
藾	*raːds
攋	raːds, reːdʔ, *raːd
懶	*raːnʔ
嬾	*raːnʔ
獺	r̥ʰaːd, hr'aːd

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tǎ, tà
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˇ, ㄊㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caat³, taat³
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): thoah
(Teochew, Peng'im): tuah⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tǎ
  - Wade–Giles: tʻa³
  - Yale: tǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taa
  - Palladius: та (ta)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tà
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tà
  - Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴
  - Yale: tà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tah
  - Palladius: та (ta)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: caat³, taat³
  - Yale: chaat, taat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaat⁸, taat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cad³, tad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːt̚³/, /tʰaːt̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoah
  - Tâi-lô: thuah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toaq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰuaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰuaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰuaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰuaʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰuaʔ³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tuah⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thuah
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuaʔ²/

Middle Chinese: /tʰɑt̚/, /ʈʰˠɛt̚/

Rime
Character	獺	獺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	寒 (63)	刪 (75)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	他達切	他鎋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑt̚/	/ʈʰˠɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑt̚/	/ʈʰᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑt̚/	/ȶʰæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰat̚/	/ʈʰəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/tʰɑt̚/	/ȶʰɛt̚/
Wang Li	/tʰɑt̚/	/ȶʰæt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑt̚/	/ȶʰat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ta	cha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taat³	caat³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥ˤat/, /*[m-r̥]ˤat/
(Zhengzhang): /*r̥ʰaːd/, /*hr'aːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	獺	獺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tǎ	tǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ that ›	‹ trhæt ›
Old Chinese	/*r̥ˁat/	/*[m-r̥]ˁat/
English	otter	otter
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獺	獺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7640	7643
Phonetic component	賴	賴
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	闥	獺
Old Chinese	/*r̥ʰaːd/	/*hr'aːd/

Definitions

獺

otter
- 獺入于淵 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  獭入于渊 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Yang Xiong, The Canon of Supreme Mystery, 2 BCE
  tǎ rù yú yuān [Pinyin]
  Otters dive into the deep

Compounds

旱獺／旱獭 (hàntǎ)
水獺／水獭 (shuǐtǎ)

海獺／海獭 (hǎitǎ)
猵獺／猵獭

獺祭／獭祭
獺祭魚／獭祭鱼

Japanese

Kanji

獺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

otter

Readings

Go-on: たち (tachi)
Kan-on: たつ (tatsu)
Kan’yō-on: だつ (datsu)
Kun: うそ (uso, 獺); おそ (oso, 獺)^{←をそ (woso, historical)}; かわうそ (kawauso, 獺)^{←かはうそ (kafauso, historical)}; かわおそ (kawaoso, 獺)^{←かはをそ (kafawoso, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
獺
おそ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
獺
うそ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) うそ [úꜜsò] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝso̞]

Homophones: 嘘, 鷽

Noun

獺(うそ) • (uso) (alternative reading hiragana おそ, rōmaji oso, historical hiragana をそ)

an otter

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
獺
かわおそ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
獺
かわうそ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 獺 – see the following entry.

【川獺かわうそ】	[noun] an otter (mammal) Alternative spellings 獺, カワウソ
【川獺かわおそ】	[noun] an otter (mammal) Alternative spellings 獺, カワオソ

(This term, 獺, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 獺 (MC tʰɑt̚).

Recorded as Middle Korean 타ᇙ〮 (Yale: thalq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 달〮 (tál) (Yale: tal) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource獺 (eumhun 수달 달 (sudal dal))

Hanja form^? of 달 (“otter”).

Compounds

수달 (水獺, sudal, “otter”)
산달 (山獺, sandal, “raccoon dog”)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

獺: Hán Nôm readings: thát, rái

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