狳

狳 U+72F3, 狳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72F3 ← 狲 [U+72F2] CJK Unified Ideographs 狴 → [U+72F4]

Translingual

Han character

狳 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹人一木 (KHOMD), four-corner 4829₄, composition ⿰犭余)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 711, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20409
• Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1349, character 11
• Unihan data for U+72F3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		狳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yú (yu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yú
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yú
    • Wade–Giles: yü²
    • Yale: yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴
    • Yale: yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: yo

Rime
Character	狳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以諸切
Baxter	yo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/jĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*la/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狳
Reading #	1/1
No.	15803
Phonetic component	余
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	余
Old Chinese	/*la/

Definitions

狳

1. ^‡ a kind of animal in Chinese mythology
2. Used in 犰狳 (qiúyú)

Japanese

Kanji

狳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): よ (yo)