# 豹

| 豹 | U+8C79, &#35961; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C79 |
| ← 豸 [U+8C78] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 豺 → [U+8C7A] |

## Translingual
### Han character

豹 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+3, 10 strokes, cangjie input 月竹心戈 (BHPI), four-corner 2722$_0$, composition ⿰豸勺)

#### Derived characters

* 𠹕, 𥔰, 𪕺, 𦷒, 𬿅, 𭱯

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1199, character 39
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36499
* Dae Jaweon: page 1662, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3908, character 6
* Unihan data for U+8C79

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 豹 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 豹 | *preːwɢs |
| 趵 | *preːwɢs, *preːwɢ |
| 尥 | *breːw, *b·reːwɢs |
| 箹 | *ʔreːwɢs, *ʔreːwɢ |
| 杓 | *plew, *pʰlew, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 約 | *ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ |
| 扚 | *pleːwʔ, *pleːwɢ |
| 釣 | *pleːwɢs |
| 瘹 | *teːwɢs |
| 芍 | *ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 酌 | *pljewɢ |
| 灼 | *pljewɢ |
| 勺 | *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ |
| 彴 | *pljewɢ |
| 犳 | *pljewɢ |
| 妁 | *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ |
| 汋 | *bljewɢ, *sbreːwɢ |
| 仢 | *bljewɢ |
| 葯 | *qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ |
| 礿 | *lewɢ |
| 肑 | *preːwɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 瓝 | *breːwɢ |
| 的 | *pleːwɢ |
| 靮 | *pleːwɢ |
| 馰 | *pleːwɢ |
| 玓 | *pleːwɢ |
| 魡 | *pleːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *preːwɢs): semantic 豸 (“beast; creature”) + phonetic 勺 (OC *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ). Pictogram (象形) in the oracle bone script.

### Etymology

Exopassive derivative of 駁 (OC *praːwɢ, “piebald (horse)”), literally "the spotted one"; ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bruk (“piebald; speckled”). (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bào (bao$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bao$^4$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): bāo
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): bāo
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): paau$^3$ / baau$^3$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): paau$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bau$^1$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): baau$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): bau$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pau
    (Hailu, HRS): bau$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bau$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): ba̿u
* Eastern Min (BUC): báu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bao$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pà / pàu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ba$^3$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ba$^3$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): baau$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$pau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bào
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bào
*** Wade–Giles: pao$^4$
*** Yale: bàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
*** Palladius: бао (bao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bao
*** Sinological IPA : /pau²¹³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: bāo
*** Sinological IPA : /pau⁵⁵/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: bāo
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): bao$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔ⁴⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paau$^3$ / baau$^3$
*** Yale: paau / baau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paau$^3$ / baau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pao$^3$ / bao$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːu̯³³/, /paːu̯³³/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: paau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰau³²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pau³³/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: baau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pau²⁴/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: bau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pau³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pau
*** Hakka Romanization System: bau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pau̯⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: bau$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /pau¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pau⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: bau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pau⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ba̿u
*** Sinological IPA : /pau³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: báu
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑu²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bao$^4$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ba̍u
*** Sinological IPA : /pau⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pà
*** Tâi-lô: pà
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pax
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pa⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /pa²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /pa¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pàu
*** Tâi-lô: pàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: paux
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pau²¹/
* pà - vernacular;
* pàu - literary.
* Middle Chinese: paewH
Rime :
| Character | 豹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 北敎切 |
| Baxter | paewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠau$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚau$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pau$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paɨw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pau$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pau$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pau$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | baau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤr[e]wk-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*preːwɢs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 豹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ paew$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁr[e]wk-s/ |
| English | leopard |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 豹 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11175 |
| Phonetic component | 勺 |
| Rime group | 豹 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 豹 |
| Old Chinese | /*preːwɢs/ |

### Definitions

豹
* leopard; panther (often more specifically Panthera pardus) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn mn-t; 頭／头 m; 匹 m)
    From: The Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven, c. 370 – 330 BCE, translated based on E. J. Eitel's version
    Tiānzǐ zhī mǎ zǒu qiān lǐ, shèng rén měngshòu. Tiānzǐ zhī gǒu zǒu bǎi lǐ, zhí hǔbào. [Pinyin]
    The steeds of the Son of Heaven could run a thousand li (a day) faster than any wild beast (or any) man; the hounds of the Son of Heaven could run a hundred li (a day) and they were able to seize tigers and leopards.
** 2015, 許明傑 (lyrics and music), “唉呦我的媽”, in 《一寸心》, performed by 蔡秋鳳 [Kerris Tsai]:
       hó͘ pà sai kah chhiūⁿ ta̍k-ke sio-chiⁿ khòaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 豹 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 豹, 豹子 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 豹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 豹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 豹子, 豹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 豹子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 豹 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 豹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 豹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 豹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 豹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 豹 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 豹, 豹子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 豹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 豹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 豹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 豹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 豹 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 豹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 豹子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 豹子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 豹子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 豹子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 豹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 豹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 豹子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 豹子, 金錢豹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 豹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 豹子, 豹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 豹子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 豹, 豹子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 豹子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 金錢豹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 豹仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 金錢豹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 金錢豹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 斑豹 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 豹仔, 豹 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 金錢豹 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 金錢豹 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 金錢豹 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 豹 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 豹 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 豹老虎子, 豹老虎 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 豹 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 豹虎 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 豹仔, 豹虎 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 豹虎哩, 豹哩 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 豹仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 豹 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 豹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 豹虎 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 豹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 豹哩 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 豹子 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 豹 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 豹 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 豹虎子, 金錢豹 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 豹虎子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 豹虎子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 豹 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 豹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 豹 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 豹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 豹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 豹 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 豹 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 豹 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 豹 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 豹 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 豹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 豹子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 豹子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 豹子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 豹子 |
| Jin | Handan | 豹子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 豹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 豹 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 豹 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 豹 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 豹 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 豹仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 豹 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 豹子 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 豹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 豹 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 豹 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 豹 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 豹 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 豹 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 豹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 豹 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 豹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 豹 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 豹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 豹子 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 豹 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 豹, 金錢豹 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 豹 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 豹 |
| Wu | Danyang | 豹 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 豹 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 豹 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 豹兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 豹 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 豹子, 豹 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 豹子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 豹子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 豹子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 豹子 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 豹虎 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 豹唧 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 豹虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 豹虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 豹虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 豹虎仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 豹虎仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 豹虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 豹 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 豹虎仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 豹老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 豹子 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 豹虎 |

### Compounds

* 三豹
* 九閽虎豹 / 九阍虎豹
* 九關虎豹 / 九关虎豹
* 以管窺豹 / 以管窥豹
* 伏豹
* 做虎豹
* 元豹
* 全豹 (quánbào)
* 半豹
* 南山豹
* 南山隱豹 / 南山隐豹
* 南山霧豹 / 南山雾豹
* 叔豹
* 君子豹變 / 君子豹变
* 土豹
* 慚豹 / 惭豹
* 戶豹 / 户豹
* 文豹
* 毅豹
* 水豹
* 水豹囊
* 海豹 (hǎibào)
* 熊心豹膽 / 熊心豹胆
* 熊豹
* 熊韜豹略 / 熊韬豹略
* 狼蟲虎豹 / 狼虫虎豹
* 獨豹 / 独豹
* 獵豹 / 猎豹 (lièbào)
* 玄豹
* 王豹
* 白豹
* 窺豹 / 窥豹
* 窺豹一斑 / 窥豹一斑
* 管中窺豹 / 管中窥豹 (guǎnzhōngkuībào)
* 美洲豹 (měizhōubào)
* 翠被豹舄
* 虎豹
* 虎豹之文
* 虎豹九關 / 虎豹九关
* 虎豹豺狼 (hǔbàocháiláng)
* 虎豹騎 / 虎豹骑
* 蠅豹 / 蝇豹
* 謝豹 / 谢豹
* 謝豹筍 / 谢豹笋
* 謝豹花 / 谢豹花
* 謝豹蝦 / 谢豹虾
* 變豹 / 变豹
* 豎豹尾 / 竖豹尾
* 豐豹 / 丰豹
* 豢豹
* 豹乘
* 豹侯
* 豹值
* 豹別 / 豹别
* 豹喬 / 豹乔
* 豹囊
* 豹奴
* 豹姿
* 豹子 (bàozi)
* 豹子膽 / 豹子胆 (bàozidǎn)
* 豹子馬 / 豹子马
* 豹字牌
* 豹尾
* 豹尾旛
* 豹尾槍 / 豹尾枪
* 豹尾班
* 豹尾車 / 豹尾车
* 豹席
* 豹幨
* 豹弢
* 豹成文
* 豹房
* 豹文
* 豹文韉 / 豹文鞯
* 豹文鼠
* 豹斑
* 豹旅
* 豹月烏 / 豹月乌
* 豹枕
* 豹林谷
* 豹死留皮
* 豹犆
* 豺狼虎豹 (cháilánghǔbào)
* 豹環 / 豹环
* 豹產 / 豹产
* 豹略
* 豹皮囊
* 豹皮帽
* 豹直
* 豹祠
* 豹立直
* 豹策
* 豹管
* 豹篇
* 豹胎
* 豹胡
* 豹脂
* 豹腳 / 豹脚
* 豹腳蚊 / 豹脚蚊
* 豹舄
* 豹蔚
* 豹藏霧 / 豹藏雾
* 豹袖
* 豹袪
* 豹裘
* 豹褎
* 豹襦
* 豹論 / 豹论
* 豹變 / 豹变 (bàobiàn)
* 豹貓 / 豹猫 (bàomāo)
* 豹足
* 豹采
* 豹錢 / 豹钱
* 豹關 / 豹关
* 豹隱 / 豹隐 (bàoyǐn)
* 豹霧 / 豹雾
* 豹霧隱 / 豹雾隐
* 豹革
* 豹鞹
* 豹韜 / 豹韬
* 豹韜衛 / 豹韬卫
* 豹頭枕 / 豹头枕
* 豹頭猿臂 / 豹头猿臂 (bàotóuyuánbì)
* 豹頭環眼 / 豹头环眼 (bàotóuhuányǎn)
* 豹顱 / 豹颅
* 豹飾 / 豹饰
* 豹騎 / 豹骑
* 豹髓
* 豹鼠
* 豹鼠奇編 / 豹鼠奇编
* 赤豹
* 金錢豹 / 金钱豹 (jīnqiánbào)
* 門豹 / 门豹
* 隱豹 / 隐豹
* 雀豹
* 雪豹 (xuěbào)
* 雲豹 / 云豹 (yúnbào)
* 霧豹 / 雾豹
* 飛豹 / 飞豹
* 鴻豹 / 鸿豹
* 黑豹 (hēibào)
* 龍眉豹頸 / 龙眉豹颈
* 龍肝豹胎 / 龙肝豹胎
* 龍韜豹略 / 龙韬豹略
* 龍騰豹變 / 龙腾豹变
* 龍驤豹變 / 龙骧豹变

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 豹(ひょう) (hyō)
* → Vietnamese: báo (豹)
Others:
* → Proto-Vietic: *pɛːw
** Vietnamese: beo
* → Zhuang: beuq

### References

* “豹”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō)

#### Compounds

* 海豹(あざらし) (azarashi)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 豹
* ひょう Jinmeiyō
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 豹 (paew$^H$).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひょー [hyóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ço̞ː]

### Noun

豹(ひょう) or 豹(ヒョウ) • (hyō)
* a leopard (a large wild cat with a spotted coat, Panthera pardus)

#### Usage notes

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

#### Derived terms

* 豹変(ひょうへん) (hyōhen)
* 豹文(ひょうもん), 豹紋(ひょうもん) (hyōmon)
* 雲豹(ウンピョウ) (unpyō)
* 海豹(かいひょう) (kaihyō)
* 狩猟豹(シュリョウヒョウ) (shuryōhyō)
* 全豹(ぜんぴょう) (zenpyō)
* 猛豹(もうひょう) (mōhyō)
* 雪豹(ユキヒョウ) (yukihyō)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 豹 (MC paewH). Recorded as Middle Korean 표〮 (phywó) (Yale: phyo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 豹 (eumhun 표범 표 (pyobeom pyo))
* hanja form of 표 (“leopard; panther”)

#### Compounds

* 표범 (豹범, pyobeom)
* 표변 (豹變, pyobyeon)
* 해표 (海豹, haepyo)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese

* chữ Hán Nôm in this term
* 豹

### Han character

豹: Hán Nôm readings: báo, beo, bươu
* chữ Hán form of báo (“spotted big cat”).
* chữ Nôm form of beo (“spotted big cat”).