猸

猸 U+7338, 猸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7338 ← 猷 [U+7337] CJK Unified Ideographs 猹 → [U+7339]

Translingual

Han character

猸 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹日竹山 (KHAHU), composition ⿰犭眉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 716, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20561
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1361, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7338

Chinese

simp. and trad.		猸

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 犭 + phonetic 眉 (OC *mril).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/

Definitions

猸

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative name for 鼬獾 (yòuhuān, “Chinese ferret-badger”).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): búi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: búi
    • Tâi-lô: buí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: buie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bui⁵³/

Definitions

猸

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to look at someone indirectly
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to look furtively; to look stealthily

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 瞇／眯

Tày

Noun

猸 (transliteration needed)

1. Nôm form of mi (“bear”).

References

• Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]