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狛

狛 U+72DB, 狛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72DB
← 狚
[U+72DA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 狜 →
[U+72DC]

Translingual

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Han character

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狛 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹日 (KHHA), composition ⿰犭白)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 709, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20349
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1340, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+72DB

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
 狛

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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狛

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of 狛 – see 貊 (“name of a tribe in northern China; a kind of beast”).
(This character is a variant form of 貊).

Japanese

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Alternative forms

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Kanji in this term
狛
こま
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi
  • (something originally imported from Korea, Goguryeo): 高麗

Kanji

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狛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Goguryeo
  2. Short for 狛犬 (komainu): lion dog statues found in Shinto shrines

Readings

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Etymology

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From 高麗 (Koma, “Goguryeo”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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狛(こま) • (koma) 

  1. Short for 狛犬 (komainu): lion dog statues found in Shinto shrines

Prefix

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狛(こま) • (koma-) 

  1. indicates something that was originally imported via the Korean Peninsula

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Proper noun

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狛(こま) • (Koma) 

  1. (historical) the Goguryeo kingdom, located on the Korean Peninsula 37 BCE–668 CE
  2. a place name
  3. a female given name
  4. a surname

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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