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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

(radical 94 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹X山 (KHHXU), four-corner 47217)

  1. lion
  2. wild beast
  3. wild horse

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
*rŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː, *ŋeː
*ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː
*ŋeː, *ŋje
*ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
*ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs
*ŋeːʔ
*ŋeːs
*ŋje
*ŋeːd
*ŋeːɡ
*ɦŋeːɡ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (31)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 2744
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ŋeː/

Definitions

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Compounds

  • 怒猊渴驥怒猊渴骥
  • 狻猊 (suānní)
  • 猊座
  • 金猊

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. lion
  2. the seat of a famous priest

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(ye) (hangeul , revised ye, McCune-Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(nghê, nghé)

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