# 貘

| 貘 | U+8C98, &#35992; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C98 |
| ← 貗 [U+8C97] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 貙 → [U+8C99] |

## Translingual
### Han character

貘 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 月竹廿日大 (BHTAK), four-corner 2423$_4$, composition ⿰豸莫)
* panther
* tapir

#### Derived characters

* 𧕥, 𧕤

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1203, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36621
* Dae Jaweon: page 1664, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3915, character 16
* Unihan data for U+8C98

## Chinese
### Etymology

Sense of tapir since Qing and Republican eras due to a misinterpretation of a chimera of the same name attributed to Bai Juyi and further transmitted by Su Song to the Compendium of Materia Medica (1596) made known to Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat in 1824.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mò (mo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mak$^6$ / mok$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k / be̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mò
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mò
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^4$
*** Yale: mwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mak$^6$ / mok$^6$
*** Yale: mahk / mohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mak$^9$ / mok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meg$^6$ / mog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐk̚²/, /mɔːk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k
*** Tâi-lô: bo̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bok
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k
*** Tâi-lô: bi̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bek
*** IPA (Xiamen): /biɪk̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: maek
Rime :
| Character | 貘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (113) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 莫白切 |
| Baxter | maek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠæk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚak̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mak̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /maɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /mɐk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /mɐk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mɐk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mak$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*mraːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 貘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9264 |
| Phonetic component | 莫 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 陌 |
| Old Chinese | /*mraːɡ/ |

### Definitions

貘
* tapir
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) giant panda
    From: 司馬相如 (Sima Xiangru) 《上林賦》 "Rhapsody on the Imperial Park", in 《漢書》 Book of Han.
    Qíshòu zé yóng máo mò máo/lí,....... [Pinyin]
    Its [the south's] mammals are zebus, hairy yaks, giant panda, grunting yaks, [...].
    From: 扬雄 (Yang Xiong) 《蜀都賦》 "Rhapsody on the Shu capital"
    Shòu zé yányáng yěmí, pí máo/lí mò tuān,....... [Pinyin]
    The mammals are takins, wild elaphures, brown bears, yaks, giant pandas, hog badgers, [...].

### References

* ↑ Harper, Donald (2013 January) “The Cultural History of the Giant Panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca'') in Early China”, in Early China‎, volume 35/36, pages 185–224

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
* Kan-on: ばく (baku)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 貘
* ばく Hyōgai
* kan'on
* Alternative spelling
* 獏

### Noun

貘(ばく) or 貘(バク) • (baku)
* Alternative spelling of 獏 (“tapir”)
** 2002 July 27, Mashiba, Shin, “第(だい)壱(いち)夜(や)　下(クダ)リ階(カイ)段(ダン) [Night 1: Downward Stairway]”, in 夢(ゆめ)喰(くい)見(けん)聞(ぶん) [The Dream-Eating Inspector], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Square Enix, page 5:そいつの名(な)前(まえ)は 蛭(ヒル)孤(コ)　悪(あく(・))夢(む(・))を糧(かて)とし生(い)きる　「貘(ばく)」である。Soitsu no namae wa Hiruko AKUMU o kate toshi ikiru “Baku” de aru.His name is Hiruko. He feeds on NIGHTMARES. He is a “baku”.

#### Usage notes

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

## Korean
### Hanja

貘 • (maek) (hangeul 맥, revised maek, McCune–Reischauer maek, Yale mayk)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

貘: Hán Nôm readings: mạc
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#### References

* Nom Foundation