狦

狦 U+72E6, 狦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72E6 ← 狥 [U+72E5] CJK Unified Ideographs 狧 → [U+72E7]

Translingual

Han character

狦 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹月廿廿 (KHBTT), four-corner 4725₀, composition ⿰犭𠕋)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 710, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20380
• Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1344, character 4
• Unihan data for U+72E6

Chinese

trad.		狦
simp.		㹪
alternative forms		𤞹 𧲾

Glyph origin

Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 刪 (OC *sraːn)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ / saan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shan
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹
    • Yale: shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
    • Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saan¹ / saan³
    • Yale: sāan / saan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ / saan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ / san³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵/, /saːn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: sraen, sraenH

Rime
Character	狦	狦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	刪 (69)	刪 (69)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	所姦切	所晏切
Baxter	sraen	sraenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠan/	/ʃˠanH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚan/	/ʃᵚanH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃɐn/	/ʃɐnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨn/	/ʂaɨnH/
Li Rong	/ʃan/	/ʃanH/
Wang Li	/ʃan/	/ʃanH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂan/	/ʂanH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saan1	saan3

Definitions

狦

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) vicious dog
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) wolf-like beast