獍

獍	U+734D, 獍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-734D

Translingual edit

Han character edit

獍 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 大竹卜廿山 (KHYTU), four-corner 4021₆, composition ⿰犭竟)

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 717, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20627
Dae Jaweon: page 1129, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1366, character 5
Unihan data for U+734D

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.		獍

Glyph origin edit

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

	Old Chinese
滰	*ɡaŋʔ
境	*kraŋʔ
竟	*kraŋs
鏡	*kraŋs
獍	*kraŋs
樈	*ɡraŋ
璄	*qraŋʔ
摬	*qraŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraŋs) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 竟 (OC *kraŋs).

Etymology edit

A late word; its earliest extant attestation is in the late 5th-century treatise 《述異記》 Tales of Strange Matters by 任昉 Ren Fang (460-508).

Related to 破鏡 (OC *pʰaːls kraŋs, “a beast that eats its own father”) mentioned in the Book of Han.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to 景 (MC kjaengX, “great, large”)? Is Vietnamese kễnh (“tiger (dialectal)”) a loan from pre-Tang MC?”

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìng (jing⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìng
  - Wade–Giles: ching⁴
  - Yale: jìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinq
  - Palladius: цзин (czin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging³
  - Yale: ging
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: kjaengH

Rime
Character	獍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居慶切
Baxter	kjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiaŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kiaŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajŋ^H/
Li Rong	/kiɐŋ^H/
Wang Li	/kĭɐŋ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kraŋs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獍
Reading #	1/1
No.	6871
Phonetic component	竟
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	敬
Old Chinese	/*kraŋs/

Definitions edit

獍

^† a mythical tiger-like animal that eats its own mother shortly after birth

Compounds edit

梟獍／枭獍 (xiāojìng)
梟獍其心／枭獍其心
獍梟／獍枭 (jìngxiāo)
獍難／獍难
破獍 (pòjìng)
行同梟獍／行同枭獍
衣冠梟獍／衣冠枭獍 (yīguānxiāojìng)

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

獍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

On (unclassified): きょう (kyō)
Kun: かがみ (kagami)