狚

狚 U+72DA, 狚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72DA ← 狙 [U+72D9] CJK Unified Ideographs 狛 → [U+72DB]

Translingual

Han character

狚 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹日一 (KHAM), four-corner 4621₀, composition ⿰犭旦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 709, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20348
• Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1339, character 9
• Unihan data for U+72DA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		狚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
皽	*tjaʀ, *tanʔ, *tjanʔ
担	*taːnʔ
胆	*daːn, *daːn
疸	*taːnʔ, *taːns
觛	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *daːnʔ
亶	*taːnʔ
嬗	*taːnʔ, *tʰaːn, *djans
笪	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
狚	*taːnʔ, *taːns, *taːd
旦	*taːns
鴠	*taːns
譠	*tʰaːn, *rteːn
坦	*tʰaːnʔ
但	*daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns
檀	*daːn
壇	*daːn
儃	*daːn, *djan
驙	*daːn, *tan
袒	*daːnʔ, *rdeːns
襢	*daːnʔ, *tanʔ, *tans
繵	*daːnʔ
膻	*daːnʔ
澶	*daːns, *djan
邅	*tan, *danʔ, *dans
鱣	*tan
饘	*tjan, *tjanʔ
旜	*tjan
氈	*tjan
鸇	*tjan
顫	*tjans
蟺	*djanʔ
擅	*djans
羶	*hljan
呾	*taːd, *ʔraːd
怛	*taːd
妲	*taːd
靼	*taːd, *tjad
炟	*taːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàn (dan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàn
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴
    • Yale: dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dann
    • Palladius: дань (danʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daan³
    • Yale: daan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tanX, tanH, tat

Rime
Character	狚	狚	狚
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	端 (5)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	多旱切	得按切	當割切
Baxter	tanX	tanH	tat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑnX/	/tɑnH/	/tɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑnX/	/tɑnH/	/tɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑnX/	/tɑnH/	/tɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tanX/	/tanH/	/tat̚/
Li Rong	/tɑnX/	/tɑnH/	/tɑt̚/
Wang Li	/tɑnX/	/tɑnH/	/tɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tɑnX/	/tɑnH/	/tɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǎn	dàn	da
Expected Cantonese Reflex	daan2	daan3	daat3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːnʔ/, /*taːns/, /*taːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狚	狚	狚
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	2050	2055	2103
Phonetic component	旦	旦	旦
Rime group	元	元	月
Rime subdivision	1	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	亶	旦	怛
Old Chinese	/*taːnʔ/	/*taːns/	/*taːd/

Definitions

狚

1. an ethnic minority in China
2. used in 猲狚 (“a mythical wolf-like beast with a red head and the eyes of a mouse”)
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 旦 (dàn)