狢

狢 U+72E2, 狢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72E2 ← 狡 [U+72E1] CJK Unified Ideographs 狣 → [U+72E3]

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

1. animal name

• 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

For pronunciation and definitions of 狢 – see 貉 (“tanuki”). (This character is a variant form of 貉).

Shinjitai	狢
Kyūjitai	貉

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 貉)

1. badger
2. raccoon dog

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

Kanji in this term
狢
むじな Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
貉

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.^[1]

• (Tokyo) むじな [mùjíná] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ʑina̠]

狢(むじな) or 狢(ムジナ) • (mujina) 

1. Synonym of 穴熊 (anaguma): a badger
2. (regional) Synonym of 狸 (tanuki): a raccoon dog

   from the similarity of its fur color compared to a badger

3. (mythology) a yōkai that shapeshifts and deceives humans

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ムジナ.

• 狢(ムジナ)藻(モ) (mujinamo, “waterwheel plant”, Aldrovanda vesiculosa)

• 一(ひと)つ穴(あな)の狢(むじな) (hitotsu ana no mujina)
• 同(おな)じ穴(あな)の狢(むじな) (onaji ana no mujina)

Kanji in this term
狢
もじな Hyōgai
irregular

Shift from mujina above.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [mo̞ʑina̠]

狢(もじな) • (mojina) 

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

Kanji in this term
狢
うじな Hyōgai
irregular

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.^[3]

Possibly a shift from mujina above.

狢(うじな) • (ujina) 

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

狢 • (hak) (hangeul 학, revised hak, McCune–Reischauer hak, Yale hak)

1. (오소리 학, osori-): badger

• 貒 (단, dan)

• 狢 (むじな, mujina) badger, raccoon dog
• 狸 (たぬき, tanuki) raccoon dog, badger
• 狸 (너구리=리, neoguri=ri) raccoon dog