獏

獏	U+734F, 獏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-734F

Translingual edit

Han character edit

獏 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+11 in traditional Chinese, 犬+10 in simplified Chinese, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese, 13 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 大竹廿日大 (KHTAK), composition ⿰犭莫)

the panther
the tapir

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 717, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20638
Dae Jaweon: page 1129, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1362, character 4
Unihan data for U+734F

Chinese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 獏 – see 貘 (“tapir; giant panda”). (This character is a variant form of 貘).

Japanese edit

獏 on Japanese Wikipedia

バク on Japanese Wikipedia

Baku (spirit) on Wikipedia

Kanji edit

獏

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

tapir

Readings edit

Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
Kan-on: ばく (baku)

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
獏
ばく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
貘

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ばく [báꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

獏(ばく) or 獏(バク) • (baku)

a spirit that feeds on nightmares
a tapir

References edit

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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