狆

狆 U+72C6, 狆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72C6 ← 狅 [U+72C5] CJK Unified Ideographs 狇 → [U+72C7]

Translingual

Han character

狆 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大竹中 (KHL), four-corner 4520₆, composition ⿰犭中)

1. Bouyei people
2. Japanese Chin

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 708, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20293
• Dae Jaweon: page 1120, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1336, character 5
• Unihan data for U+72C6

Chinese

simp. and trad.		狆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòng (zhong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòng
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴
    • Yale: jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonq
    • Palladius: чжун (čžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung⁶
    • Yale: juhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ²²/

Definitions

狆

1. (historical) Bouyei (ethnic group)

   Synonym: 布依 (Bùyī)

2. Japanese Chin, a breed of dog originated in Japan

Japanese

Glyph origin

Appeared from the Edo period. A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”), invented independently of Chinese 狆 (zhòng, “Bouyei people”).

Kanji

狆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. name of an ethnic group had been living in Yunnan and Guizhou
2. Japanese Chin, a breed of dog

Readings

• Go-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちゆう (tyuu, historical)}
• Kun: ちん (chin, 狆)^{←ちん (tin, 狆, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
狆
ちん Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

狆 (Japanese Chin)

According one theory, short for 小(ちい)さい犬(いぬ) (chīsai inu, “small dog”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ち​ん [chíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕĩɴ]

Noun

狆(ちん) • (chin) ^{←ちん (tin)?}

1. Japanese Chin, a breed of dog originated in Japan

Derived terms

• 狆(ちん)穴(あな)子(ご) (chin-anago)
• 狆(ちん)くしゃ (chinkusha)
• 狆(ちん)ころ (chinkoro)
• 狆(ちん)猫(ねこ)婆(ばばあ) (chin neko babā)

Korean

Hanja

狆 (eumhun 오랑캐 중 (orangkae jung))

1. name of barbarians had been living in Yunnan and Guizhou