狐

Translingual

Etymology

Composed of 犬 (radical animal) and 瓜, suggesting 孤 (solitary).

Han character

狐 (radical 94 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹女人 (KHHVO), four-corner 4223₀)

1. species of fox

References

• KangXi: page 708, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20333
• Dae Jaweon: page 1121, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1340, character 14
• Unihan data for U+72D0

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Cantonese

Hanzi

狐 (Yale wu4)

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Japanese

Kanji

狐 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. a fox

Readings

• Kan'on: こ (ko)
• Kun: きつね (kitsune)

Compounds

• 妖狐 (ようこ, yōko): a demon fox (a kitsune)
• 天狐 (てんこ, tenko): a celestial fox
• 善狐 (ぜんこ, zenko): a good fox

Noun

狐 (hiragana きつね, katakana キツネ, romaji kitsune)

1. a fox
   • 794: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki

     狐狼 上扈反, 倭言岐都禰, 又狐諼獸鬼所乘有三徳, 狐疑不定也, 狼音良, 訓, 似犬也, 倭言大神也

Pronunciation

• 狐

  (file)

Synonyms

• フォックス (fokkusu)

Derived terms

• 狐憑き or 狐付き (きつねつくき, kitsunetsuki): possession by a kitsune
• 野狐 (のぎつね, nogitsune): field or wild foxes
• 狐火 (きつねび, kitsunebi): will o' the wisp, foxfire

References

• 1962 May 23, Rizō Takeuchi, Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, ISBN 4-4903-0010-7:

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Korean

Hanja

狐 (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

狐 (pinyin hú (hu2), Wade-Giles hu²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

狐 (hồ)