狃

狃 U+72C3, 狃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72C3 ← 狂 [U+72C2] CJK Unified Ideographs 狄 → [U+72C4]

Translingual

Han character

狃 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓土 (KHNG), four-corner 4721₅, composition ⿰犭丑)

1. to covet
2. to be accustomed

Derived characters

• 莥, 峱

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 707, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20289
• Dae Jaweon: page 1120, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1337, character 6
• Unihan data for U+72C3

Chinese

trad.		狃
simp. #		狃

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
峱	*nuː
紐	*nuʔ
扭	*nuʔ, *tnuʔ
狃	*nuʔ, *nus
鈕	*nuʔ
忸	*nuʔ, *nuɡ
杻	*nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ
莥	*nuʔ
羞	*snu
丑	*n̥ʰuʔ
沑	*njuʔ, *nuɡ
粈	*njuʔ
衄	*nuɡ, *njuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *nuʔ, *nus): semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ) – animal tracks. However, the phonetic component indicates an animal claw, hence it adds part of the meaning.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǔ, nǜ (niu³, nü⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ, ㄋㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau²

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǒu
    • Wade–Giles: niu³
    • Yale: nyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neou
    • Palladius: ню (nju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyù
    • Wade–Giles: nü⁴
    • Yale: nyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niuh
    • Palladius: нюй (njuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nau²
    • Yale: náu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯³⁵/

---

• Middle Chinese: nrjuwX, nrjuwH

Rime
Character	狃	狃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	女久切	女救切
Baxter	nrjuwX	nrjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨuX/	/ɳɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiuX/	/ɳiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/niəuX/	/niəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳuwX/	/ɳuwH/
Li Rong	/niuX/	/niuH/
Wang Li	/nĭəuX/	/nĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯ə̯uX/	/ni̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǔ	niù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nau5	nau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.n<r>uʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuʔ/, /*nus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	狃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	niǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ nrjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.n<r>uʔ/
English	animal tracks; claws
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狃	狃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1519	1528
Phonetic component	丑	丑
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	狃	糅
Old Chinese	/*nuʔ/	/*nus/

Definitions

狃

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to adhere to
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be accustomed to
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) animal tracks

Japanese

Kanji

狃

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. get used to
2. learn

Readings

• On (unclassified): じゅう (jū)
• Kun: なれる (nareru)、ならう (narau)