Translingual

Han character

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

1. animal name

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 貉)

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Readings

• Kan’on: かく (kaku)
• Kun: むじな (mujina)

Noun

狢 ‎(hiragana むじな, katakana ムジナ, romaji mujina)

"Mujina" from the Wakan Sansai Zue

1. A badger; an old Japanese term primarily referring to the badger. In some regions the term refers instead to the Japanese raccoon dog.
2. (mythology) In Japanese folklore, like the fox and the tanuki, they are frequently depicted as a yōkai that shapeshifts and deceives humans.

Coordinate terms

• 狸 (たぬき) ‎(tanuki)

Korean

Hanja

狢 • ‎(hak) (hangeul 학, revised hak, McCune-Reischauer hak, Yale hak)

1. (오소리 학, osori-): badger

Synonyms

• 貒 (단, dan)

See also

• 狢 (むじな, mujina) badger, raccoon dog
• 狸 (たぬき, tanuki) raccoon dog, badger
• 狸 (너구리=리, neoguri=ri) raccoon dog

Mandarin

Hanzi

狢 ‎(Pinyin hé (he2), xún (xun2), Wade-Giles ho², hsün²)

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