See also:
U+72E2, 狢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72E2

[U+72E1]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+72E3]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 94, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹水口 (KHHER), composition )

  1. animal name

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 710, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20366
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1345, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+72E2

Chinese

Glyph origin

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“tanuki; etc.”).
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. badger
  2. raccoon dog

Readings

  • Go-on: がく (gaku)
  • Kan-on: かく (kaku)
  • Kun: むじな (mujina, )

Etymology 1

A (mujina) from the 和漢三才図会 (Wakan Sansai Zue)
Kanji in this term
むじな
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) じな [mùjíná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝʑina̠]

Noun

(むじな) • (mujina) 

  1. Synonym of 穴熊 (anaguma): a badger
  2. (regional) Synonym of (tanuki): a raccoon dog
    from the similarity of its fur color compared to a badger
  3. (mythology) a yōkai that shapeshifts and deceives humans
Derived terms
Proverbs

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
もじな
Hyōgaiji
irregular

Shift from mujina above.[2]

Noun

(もじな) • (mojina) 

  1. (regional) Same as むじな (mujina) above

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
うじな
Hyōgaiji
irregular

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]

Possibly a shift from mujina above.

Noun

(うじな) • (ujina) 

  1. (obsolete) Same as むじな (mujina) above

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

• (hak) (hangeul , revised hak, McCuneReischauer hak, Yale hak)

  1. (오소리 학, osori-): badger

Synonyms

(hak)
(hwan)
- (-ung) "-bear"
  • 土熊 (토웅, to-)
  • 穴熊 (혈웅, hyeol-)

See also

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