貒

貒 U+8C92, 貒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C92 ← 貑 [U+8C91] CJK Unified Ideographs 貓 → [U+8C93]

Translingual

Han character

貒 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月竹山一月 (BHUMB), four-corner 2222₇, composition ⿰豸耑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1202, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36590
• Dae Jaweon: page 1664, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3915, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8C92

Chinese

simp. and trad.		貒
alternative forms		猯 䝎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貒
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
揣	*toːlʔ, *sʰrolʔ
褍	*toːlʔ, *toːn
惴	*tjols
圌	*djol, *djon
篅	*djol, *djon
瑞	*djols
端	*toːn
剬	*toːn, *tjonʔ
偳	*toːn, *tʰoːn
鍴	*toːn
耑	*toːn
踹	*toːns, *djonʔ
湍	*tʰoːn, *tjon
煓	*tʰoːn
貒	*tʰoːn, *tʰoːns
諯	*stʰons, *tjon, *tʰjons, *djon
顓	*tjon
喘	*tʰjonʔ
遄	*djon
輲	*djon
椯	*djon
歂	*djon, *djonʔ
腨	*djonʔ

Etymology

Probably related to 豚 (OC *duːn, “piglet”) and 彖 (OC *l̥ʰoːns, “running pig”) (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuān (tuan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): teon¹, tyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻuan¹
    • Yale: twān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuan
    • Palladius: туань (tuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: teon¹, tyun¹
    • Yale: tēun, tyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toen¹, tyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tên¹, tün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵn⁵⁵/, /tʰyːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thwan, thwanH

Rime
Character	貒	貒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	他端切	通貫切
Baxter	thwan	thwanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuɑn/	/tʰuɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰʷɑn/	/tʰʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰuɑn/	/tʰuɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰwan/	/tʰwanH/
Li Rong	/tʰuɑn/	/tʰuɑnH/
Wang Li	/tʰuɑn/	/tʰuɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰuɑn/	/tʰuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuān	tuàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tyun1	tyun3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰoːn/, /*tʰoːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貒	貒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	2509	2511
Phonetic component	耑	耑
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	湍	彖
Old Chinese	/*tʰoːn/	/*tʰoːns/

Definitions

貒

1. hog badger (Arctonyx collaris)
2. wild boar (Sus scrofa)

Japanese

Kanji

貒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): たん (tan)
• Kun: まみ (mami)

Korean

Hanja

貒 • (dan) (hangeul 단, revised dan)

1. (오소리 단, osori-): badger

Synonyms

학 (hak)

• 貉, 狢
• 貈

환 (hwan)

• 貆, 狟
• 貛, 獾

-웅 (-ung) "-bear"

• 土熊 (토웅, to-)
• 穴熊 (혈웅, hyeol-)

See also

• 狸 (너구리=리, neoguri=ri) raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)