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See also: 豿
U+72D7, 狗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72D7

[U+72D6]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+72D8]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 94, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹心口 (KHPR), four-corner 47220, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𭲉, 𬍉, 𬍌, 𮏛, 𤟳

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 709, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20345
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1121, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1341, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+72D7
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *koːʔ): semantic (dog) + phonetic (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).

Etymology

From some language ancestral to modern Hmong-Mien languages, from Proto-Hmong-Mien *qluwˣ (dog), perhaps from Proto-Austronesian *(u-)(ŋ)kuɣkuɣ (dog) (Norman, 1988; Benedict, 1996).

Alternatively, STEDT derives this from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n (dog), whence also (OC *kʰʷeːnʔ).

Less likely, it may be related to (OC *ko, “foal”), (OC *kluː, “lamb”), 𤘽 (“calf”) (Wang, 1982).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ě - vernacular;
  • gě - literary.

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Definitions

  1. dog (Classifier: m c mn;  m)
       wèi gǒu   to feed a dog
       lèi chéng gǒu   extremely tired [cf. dog-tired]
  2. (derogatory) something or someone unpleasant
    的士   dīshì gǒu)   "taxi dog" (unprofessional taxi drivers
    1. Used as an attributive.
      男女   gǒu nánnǚ   couple in an illicit love affair
         gǒuguān   government official
      老娘 [MSC, trad.]
      老娘 [MSC, simp.]
      Kàn lǎoniáng chuí bào nǐ de gǒu tóu! [Pinyin]
      See how I hammer you in your goddamn head!
    2. (neologism, self-deprecatory) a miserable person (used in compounds)
      單身单身   dānshēngǒu   singleton
    3. (neologism, self-deprecatory) obedient or overworked employee; workhorse; wage slave
      Synonym: 社畜 (shèchù)
      公司   gōngsī de gǒu   corporate slave; corporate lackey
      IT   IT gǒu   a person working in the IT industry
    4. (Hong Kong, neologism, derogatory) police; pig; po-po
  3. (chiefly Beijing Mandarin) to flatter
  4. (Cantonese) cunning
  5. (obsolete) cub; young bear or tiger
  6. a surname

Synonyms

  • (dog):
  • (Hong Kong: police): 警犬 (jǐngquǎn)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Vietnamese: cẩu ()

Others:

See also

References

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