猊

猊 U+730A, 猊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-730A ← 猉 [U+7309] CJK Unified Ideographs 猋 → [U+730B]

Translingual

Han character

猊 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹難山 (KHHXU), four-corner 4721₇, composition ⿰犭兒)

1. lion
2. wild beast
3. wild horse

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 712, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20468
• Dae Jaweon: page 1124, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1353, character 12
• Unihan data for U+730A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		猊
alternative forms		貎

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
掜	*rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
誽	*rŋeː
倪	*ŋeː
蜺	*ŋeː, *ŋeː
霓	*ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː
郳	*ŋeː
齯	*ŋeː
婗	*ŋeː
輗	*ŋeː
棿	*ŋeː
猊	*ŋeː
麑	*ŋeː
貎	*ŋeː
鯢	*ŋeː
兒	*ŋeː, *ŋje
觬	*ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
堄	*ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs
晲	*ŋeːʔ
睨	*ŋeːs
唲	*ŋje
隉	*ŋeːd
鶂	*ŋeːɡ
鬩	*ɦŋeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋeː) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ní (ni²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ní
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ní
    • Wade–Giles: ni²
    • Yale: ní
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ni
    • Palladius: ни (ni)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngai⁴
    • Yale: ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngej

Rime
Character	猊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	五稽切
Baxter	ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋei/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋei/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɛj/
Li Rong	/ŋei/
Wang Li	/ŋiei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋiei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	猊
Reading #	1/1
No.	2744
Phonetic component	兒
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	倪
Old Chinese	/*ŋeː/

Definitions

猊

1. Used in 狻猊 (suānní) and 唐猊 (tángní).

Compounds

• 唐猊 (tángní)
• 唐猊鎧甲／唐猊铠甲 (tángní kǎijiǎ)
• 怒猊抉石
• 怒猊渴驥／怒猊渴骥
• 狻猊 (suānní)
• 猊座
• 金猊

 

Japanese

Kanji

猊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. lion
2. the seat of a famous priest

Readings

• Kan-on: げい (gei)

Compounds

• 猊下(げいか) (geika)

Korean

Hanja

猊 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

猊: Hán Việt readings: nghê
猊: Nôm readings: nghê, nghé

1. chữ Hán form of nghê (“legendary lion and dragon hybrid”).
2. Nôm form of nghé (“water buffalo calf, the cry of such an animal”).