# 狢

| 狢 | U+72E2, &#29410; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72E2 |
| ← 狡 [U+72E1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 狣 → [U+72E3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

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

| | Old Chinese |
| 髂 | *kʰraːɡs |
| 路 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 輅 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 賂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 虂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 露 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 潞 | *raːɡs |
| 鷺 | *raːɡs |
| 璐 | *raːɡs |
| 簬 | *raːɡs |
| 簵 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 洛 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 駱 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 絡 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 酪 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 烙 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 雒 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 珞 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 硌 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 袼 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ |
| 笿 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鉻 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 鮥 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鵅 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 挌 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 落 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 各 | *klaːɡ |
| 胳 | *klaːɡ |
| 閣 | *klaːɡ |
| 格 | *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 擱 | *klaːɡ |
| 恪 | *kʰlaːɡ |
| 愙 | *kʰaːɡ |
| 貉 | *ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ |
| 狢 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 佫 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 略 | *ɡ·raɡ |
| 茖 | *kraːɡ |
| 骼 | *kraːɡ |
| 觡 | *kraːɡ |
| 蛒 | *kraːɡ |
| 敋 | *kraːɡ |
| 客 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 喀 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 揢 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 額 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 峉 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 頟 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 詻 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 垎 | *ɡraːɡ |
| 楁 | *ɡraːɡ |

### Definitions

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

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 狢 |
| Kyūjitai | 貉 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 貉)
* badger
* raccoon dog

#### Readings

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

### Etymology 1

* 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.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) むじな [mùjíná] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mɯ̟ʑina̠]

#### Noun

狢(むじな) or 狢(ムジナ) • (mujina)
* Synonym of 穴熊 (anaguma): a badger
* (regional) Synonym of 狸 (tanuki): a raccoon dog
    from the similarity of its fur color compared to a badger
* (mythology) a yōkai that shapeshifts and deceives humans

##### Usage notes

* 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.

##### Derived terms

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

##### Proverbs

* 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)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 狢
* もじな Hyōgai
* irregular
Shift from mujina above.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mo̞ʑina̠]

#### Noun

狢(もじな) • (mojina)
* (regional) Same as むじな (mujina) above.

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 狢
* うじな Hyōgai
* irregular
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.
Possibly a shift from mujina above.

#### Noun

狢(うじな) • (ujina)
* (obsolete) Same as むじな (mujina) above.

### References

* 1 2 “狢・貉”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ “狢”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

## Korean
### Hanja

狢 • (hak) (hangeul 학, revised hak, McCune–Reischauer hak, Yale hak)
* (오소리 학, osori-): badger

#### Synonyms
##### 학 (hak)

* 貉, 狢
* 貈

##### 환 (hwan)

* 貆, 狟
* 貛, 獾

##### -웅 (-ung) "-bear"

* 土熊 (토웅, to-)
* 穴熊 (혈웅, hyeol-)
* 貒 (단, dan)

#### See also

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