Wiktionary

狼

See also: 狠
狼 U+72FC, 狼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72FC
← 狻
[U+72FB] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 狽 →
[U+72FD]
狼 U+F92B, 狼
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F92B
← 浪
[U+F92A] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 郎 →
[U+F92C]

Translingual Edit

Han character Edit

狼 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹戈日女 (KHIAV), four-corner 43232, composition ⿰犭良)

Derived characters Edit

References Edit

  • KangXi: page 712, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20432
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1124, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1350, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+72FC

Chinese Edit

simp. and trad.
 狼
 
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • 狼 (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • 狼 (Cantonese)

Glyph origin Edit

Historical forms of the character 狼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (良) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
剆 *raːl, *raːlʔ
郎 *raːŋ
稂 *raːŋ
桹 *raːŋ
鋃 *raːŋ
硠 *raːŋ
浪 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
蜋 *raːŋ, *raŋ
琅 *raːŋ
狼 *raːŋ
欴 *raːŋ
踉 *raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
莨 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
艆 *raːŋ
駺 *raːŋ
躴 *raːŋ
筤 *raːŋ
閬 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
哴 *raːŋ, *raŋs
蓈 *raːŋ
廊 *raːŋ
榔 *raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
螂 *raːŋ
瑯 *raːŋ
朗 *raːŋʔ
朖 *raːŋʔ
誏 *raːŋʔ
俍 *raːŋʔ
崀 *raːŋʔ
埌 *raːŋs
蒗 *raːŋs
娘 *naŋ
良 *raŋ
粮 *raŋ
悢 *raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raːŋ): semantic 犭 + phonetic 良 (OC *raŋ).

Etymology Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation Edit

Rime
Character 狼
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 魯當切
Baxter lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/laŋ/
Li
Rong 		/lɑŋ/
Wang
Li 		/lɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		láng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		long4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 狼
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		láng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[r]ˁaŋ/
English wolf

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 狼
Reading # 1/1
No. 8019
Phonetic
component 		良
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		郎
Old
Chinese 		/*raːŋ/
Notes 甲文作𤜪

Definitions Edit

狼

  1. wolf (Classifier: 匹 m; 隻／只 m c; 條／条 m; 頭／头 m)
  2. (figurative) dirty guy; pervert
  3. (Cantonese) cruel

Synonyms Edit

  • (wolf):
Dialectal synonyms of 狼 (“wolf”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 狼
Mandarin Beijing 狼
Taiwan 狼
Tianjin 狼
Chengde 狼
Tangshan 狼
Cangzhou 狼
Baoding 狼
Shijiazhuang 狼
Chifeng 狼
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 狼
Heihe 狼
Qiqihar 張三兒
Harbin 狼, 張三兒
Jiamusi 狼, 狼三兒, 張三兒
Baicheng 狼
Changchun 狼
Tonghua 狼
Shenyang 狼
Dandong 狼, 張三
Jinzhou 狼, 張三兒
Dalian 狼
Yantai 狼, 媽虎
Yantai (Muping) 狼, 麻胡
Qingdao 狼, 媽虎
Lijin 狼, 媽虎
Zhucheng 狼, 媽虎, 媽猴
Jinan 狼, 媽虎, 媽猴
Jining 狼, 大媽虎
Luoyang 狼, 狼扒子
Wanrong 狼
Shangqiu 狼
Yuanyang 狼
Zhengzhou 狼
Lingbao 狼
Xinyang 狼, 大尾巴狗
Baihe 狼
Hanzhong 狼
Xi'an 狼
Baoji 狼
Yinchuan 狼
Tianshui 狼
Lanzhou 狼
Dunhuang 狼
Xining 狼狼, 狼
Hami 狼
Ürümqi 狼
Wuhan 狼, 豺狗, 豺狗子
Yichang 狼, 野狗, 豺狗
Xiangyang 狼, 豺狼
Tianmen 狼, 豺狗
Hong'an 狼, 豺狗
Chengdu 狼
Nanchong 狼
Dazhou 狼
Hanyuan 狼
Xichang 狼, 豺狗子, 豺狗
Zigong 狼
Chongqing 狼
Guiyang 豺狗
Zunyi 豺狗
Bijie 豺狗
Liping 狼
Zhaotong 土豹子
Dali 豺狗
Kunming 野狗, 豺狗
Mengzi 豺狗
Guilin 狼
Liuzhou 狼, 豺狼
Jishou 狼, 豺狗
Changde 豺狼
Anqing 狼
Xuzhou 狼
Fuyang 狼
Wuhu 狼
Yangzhou 狼
Lianyungang 狼
Lianshui 狼
Nanjing 狼
Hefei 狼
Nantong 狼
Singapore 狼
Cantonese Guangzhou 狼
Hong Kong 狼
Dongguan 狼
Yangjiang 狼
Gan Nanchang 狼, 豺狗
Hakka Meixian 豺狼
Huizhou Jixi 狼
Shexian 狼
Jin Taiyuan 狼, 麻胡子, 麻虎, 麻圪節, 麻圪夾
Pingyao 麻胡
Yangyuan 狼
Datong 狼
Xinzhou 狼
Lishi 狼, 山神爺兒
Linfen 狼, 麻虎兒
Changzhi 狼
Linhe 狼
Jining 狼
Hohhot 狼
Erenhot 狼
Pingshan 狼
Zhangjiakou 狼
Handan 狼
Linzhou 狼
Suide 狼, 山神爺
Min Bei Jian'ou 狼
Min Dong Fuzhou 狼
Min Nan Xiamen 狼
Quanzhou 狼
Jinjiang 普狸
Chaozhou 狼, 豺狗
Jieyang 豺狗
Min Zhong Yong'an 狼
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 狼
Wu Shanghai 狼
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) 狼
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) 狼
Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) 狼
Shanghai (Songjiang) 狼
Suzhou 狼
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 狼
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 狼
Wuxi 狼
Changshu 狼
Kunshan 狼
Jiaxing 狼
Changzhou 狼
Liyang 狼
Jintan 狼
Yixing 狼
Danyang 狼
Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) 狼
Jingjiang 狼
Jiangyin 狼
Huzhou (Shuanglin) 狼
Hangzhou 狼
Shaoxing 狼
Zhuji (Wangjiajing) 狼
Shengzhou (Chongren) 狼
Shengzhou (Taiping) 狼
Ningbo 狼
Yuyao 狼
Huangyan 狼
Wenzhou 狼, 狼狗
Quzhou 狼
Jinhua 狼
Yongkang 狼
Xiang Changsha 狼
Shuangfeng 狼, 山馬

Compounds Edit

Japanese Edit

Kanji Edit

狼

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. wolf

Readings Edit

Compounds Edit

Compounds

On'yomi:

Kun'yomi:

Irregular:

Etymology 1 Edit

Kanji in this term
狼
おおかみ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/opo kami2/ → /opokami/ → /ofokami/ → /owokami/ → /oːkami/

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 大 (opo, “great”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god, spirit”).[1][2]

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

狼(おおかみ) • (ōkami) ←オホカミ (ofokami)? (counter 匹)

  1. a wolf (animal)
  2. Short for 日本狼 (Nihon-ōkami, “Japanese wolf”).
    • 2006 May 20, Michiyo Akaishi, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)”, in AMAKUSA(アマクサ)1637, volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 179:
      狼(おおかみ)って絶(ぜつ)滅(めつ)してないの？
      Ōkamitte zetsumetsu shite nai no?
      Aren’t wolves supposed to be extinct?
      狼(おおかみ)いっぱいいますよー　どうしたんです　会(かい)長(ちょう)　今日(きょう)は
      Ōkami ippai imasu yō Dō shitan desu kaichō kyō wa
      Wolves are all alive and well. Why are you acting so strange today, chief?
Usage notes Edit

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as オオカミ.

See also Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Kanji in this term
狼
おおかめ
Jinmeiyō
irregular

Alteration from ōkami above. Appears in the Kamakura period.[1][4]

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

狼(おおかめ) • (ōkame) ←おほかめ (ofokame)?

  1. (possibly obsolete) a wolf (animal)

References Edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ^ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean Edit

Etymology Edit

From Middle Chinese 狼 (MC lang). Recorded as Middle Korean 라ᇰ (lang) (Yale: lang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja Edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

狼 (eumhun 이리 랑 (iri rang), South Korea 이리 낭 (iri nang))

  1. Hanja form? of 랑/낭 (“wolf”).

Compounds Edit

Compounds

References Edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese Edit

Han character Edit

狼: Hán Việt readings: lang[1][2][3]
狼: Nôm readings: lang[1][2][4][5]

  1. chữ Hán form of lang (“wolf”).

Compounds Edit

References Edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ^ Trần (2004).
  4. ^ Bonet (1899).
  5. ^ Génibrel (1898).
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