鼺

鼺 U+9F3A, 鼺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F3A ← 鼹 [U+9F39] CJK Unified Ideographs 鼻 → [U+9F3B]

Translingual

Han character

鼺 (Kangxi radical 208, 鼠+15, 28 strokes, cangjie input 竹女田田田 (HVWWW), composition ⿰鼠畾)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1529, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48493
• Dae Jaweon: page 2066, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4778, character 14
• Unihan data for U+9F3A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		鼺

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “variant of 鸓?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léi (lei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léi
    • Wade–Giles: lei²
    • Yale: léi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴
    • Yale: lèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹/

Definitions

鼺

1. (obsolete) flying squirrel

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鼯鼠 (“flying squirrel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鼯, 鼯鼠, 飛鼯, 鸓, 飛鸓, 鼺, 夷由, 飛生
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鼯鼠
Taxonomic name		鼯鼠
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	飛鼠, 鼯鼠
Central Plains Mandarin	Xining	飛貓兒, 一片瓦
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	飛鼠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	飛鼠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	飛鼠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	飛鼠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	飛鼠
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	飛鼠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飛鼠
Southern Min	Xiamen	鼯鼠

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 鼺

鼺

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. flying squirrel (contraction of 鼯鼠)

Readings

• Go-on: るい (rui)^{←るゐ (rwi, historical)}
• Kan-on: るい (rui)^{←るゐ (rwi, historical)}
• Kun: むささび (musasabi, 鼺)