犏

Han character edit

犏 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹手戈尸月 (HQISB), composition ⿰牜扁)

1. yak-ox

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 703, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20091
• Dae Jaweon: page 1116, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1816, character 14
• Unihan data for U+728F

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 牛 (“cow”) + phonetic 扁 (OC *pʰen, *benʔ, *peːnʔ, *beːnʔ).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

犏

1. dzo

   • 牦牛與黃牛合，則生犏牛。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     牦牛与黄牛合，则生犏牛。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 15th century CE, 葉盛 (Yèshèng), 水東日記 Diary from East of the River

     Máoniú yǔ huángniú hé, zé shēng piānniú. [Pinyin]

     When a yak cow mates with a yellow bull, they shall give birth to a dzo.