貑

貑 U+8C91, 貑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C91 ← 貐 [U+8C90] CJK Unified Ideographs 貒 → [U+8C92]

Translingual

Han character

貑 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月竹口尸水 (BHRSE), four-corner 2724₇, composition ⿰豸叚)

1. a type of bear (only used in 貑羆／貑罴)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1202, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36587
• Dae Jaweon: page 1663, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3915, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8C91

Chinese

simp. and trad.		貑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiā (jia¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jia
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹
    • Yale: jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jia
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: gaa¹
    • Yale: gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kae

Rime
Character	貑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古牙切
Baxter	kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/ka/
Wang Li	/ka/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貑
Reading #	1/1
No.	5952
Phonetic component	叚
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嘉
Old Chinese	/*kraː/

Definitions

貑

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 貑羆／貑罴 (“a type of bear”)

References

• (Cantonese) Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 3), p. 210