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Translingual

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*rtaːʔ, *rtaː
*tjaː, *tja
*tjaːʔ
*tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
*tjaːʔ
*l̥ʰjaːʔ
*tʰjaːʔ
*djaː, *taː
*hljaː
*toːlʔ
*taː
*taː
*taːʔ
*taːʔ
*taːʔ
*taːʔ
*taːʔ
*taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
*daː, *da
*daː
*daː
*daː
*ljaʔ
*ta
*ta
*ta
*ta, *da
*ta
*taʔ, *tʰaʔ
*taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
*tas, *das
*da
*da
*tja
*tja, *djas
*tja
*tjaʔ
*tjaʔ
*tjaʔ
*tjaʔ
*tjas
*djas
*djas
*djas
*hlja
*hjaʔ
*taɡ
*taɡ
*taɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ta) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *tjaːʔ).

Han character

(radical 94 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹十大日 (KHJKA), composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 714, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20511
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1126, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1351, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+732A

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see .
(This character, , is the simplified form of .)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
いのしし
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana いのしし, katakana イノシシ, romaji inoshishi, historical hiragana ゐのしし)

  1. wild boar
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as イノシシ.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana , romaji i, historical hiragana )

  1. pig, boar

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
しし
Jinmeiyō
Irregular

From (shishi, meat, flesh).[3][1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(hiragana しし, romaji shishi)

  1. Alternative spelling of

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  3. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan