貙

貙	U+8C99, 貙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C99

Translingual

Han character

貙 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月竹尸口口 (BHSRR), four-corner 2121₆, composition ⿰豸區)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1203, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36624
Dae Jaweon: page 1664, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3916, character 18
Unihan data for U+8C99

Chinese

trad.		貙
simp.		䝙
alternative forms		𤠾

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貙
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (區) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
摳	kʰoː, kʰo
彄	*kʰoː
剾	kʰoː, qoː
謳	*qoː
歐	qoː, qoːʔ
區	qoː, kʰo
鷗	*qoː
甌	*qoː
漚	qoː, qoːs
瞘	*qoː
嘔	qoː, qoːʔ
櫙	*qoː
膒	*qoː
蓲	qoː, kʰu, qo, qos
醧	qoː, qas
鏂	*qoː
毆	*qoːʔ
塸	*qoːʔ
貙	*kʰl'o
樞	*kʰjo
驅	kʰo, kʰos
軀	*kʰo
嶇	*kʰo
鰸	*kʰo
敺	*kʰo
傴	*qoʔ
嫗	*qos
饇	*qos

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to 虎 (OC *qʰlaːʔ, “tiger”)?”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chū (chu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ / keoi¹ / ceoi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chū
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹
  - Yale: chū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu
  - Palladius: чу (ču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: syu¹ / keoi¹ / ceoi¹
  - Yale: syū / kēui / chēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ / koey¹ / tsoey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ / kêu¹ / cêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵/, /kʰɵy̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: trhju

Rime
Character	貙
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敕俱切
Baxter	trhju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/ȶʰio/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰl'o/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貙
Reading #	1/1
No.	10603
Phonetic component	區
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	貙
Old Chinese	/*kʰl'o/

Definitions

貙

^† a beast resembling a raccoon dog
^† a dog-sized, tiger-like beast with raccoon dog's markings.
^† a small tiger with five fingers

Compounds

貙虎／䝙虎

References

“貙”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

貙

(Hyōgai kanji)

tiger
tigerlike beast

Readings

On (unclassified): ちゅ (chu)、ちょ (cho)
Kun: けもの (kemono)

Korean

Hanja

貙 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu)

(스라소니 추, seurasoni-): lynx, bobcat

Synonyms

貔 (비, bi)
土豹 (토표, topyo)
猞猁 (사리, sari)
猞猁猻 (사리손, sarison)