# 貙

| 貙 | U+8C99, &#35993; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C99 |
| ← 貘 [U+8C98] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 貚 → [U+8C9A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

貙 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月竹尸口口 (BHSRR), four-corner 2121$_6$, 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
### 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 |
| | 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 (chu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syu$^1$ / keoi$^1$ / ceoi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chū
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻu$^1$
*** Yale: chū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu
*** Palladius: чу (ču)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syu$^1$ / keoi$^1$ / ceoi$^1$
*** Yale: syū / kēui / chēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sy$^1$ / koey$^1$ / tsoey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xu$^1$ / kêu$^1$ / cêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | cyu$^1$ |
* 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
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a beast resembling a raccoon dog
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a dog-sized, tiger-like beast with raccoon dog's markings.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(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)