See also:
U+72E2, 狢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72E2

[U+72E1]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+72E3]

Translingual Edit

Han character Edit

(Kangxi radical 94, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹水口 (KHHER), composition )

  1. animal name

References Edit

  • KangXi: page 710, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20366
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1345, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+72E2

Chinese Edit

Glyph origin Edit

Definitions Edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“tanuki; etc.”).
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Japanese Edit

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji Edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. badger
  2. raccoon dog

Readings Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

 
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A (mujina) from the 和漢三才図会 (Wakan Sansai Zue)
Kanji in this term
むじな
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

(むじな) (mujina

  1. Synonym of 穴熊 (anaguma): a badger
  2. (regional) Synonym of (tanuki): a raccoon dog
    from the similarity of its fur color compared to a badger
  3. (mythology) a yōkai that shapeshifts and deceives humans
Derived terms Edit
Proverbs Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Kanji in this term
もじな
Hyōgaiji
irregular

Shift from mujina above.[2]

Noun Edit

(もじな) (mojina

  1. (regional) Same as むじな (mujina) above

Etymology 3 Edit

Kanji in this term
うじな
Hyōgaiji
irregular

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]

Possibly a shift from mujina above.

Noun Edit

(うじな) (ujina

  1. (obsolete) Same as むじな (mujina) above

References Edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean Edit

Hanja Edit

(hak) (hangeul , revised hak, McCune–Reischauer hak, Yale hak)

  1. (오소리 학, osori-): badger

Synonyms Edit

(hak)
(hwan)
- (-ung) "-bear"

See also Edit