# 狐

| 狐 | U+72D0, &#29392; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72D0 |
| ← 狏 [U+72CF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 狑 → [U+72D1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

狐 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+5 in Chinese, 犬+6 in Japanese, 8 strokes in Chinese, 9 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 大竹竹女人 (KHHVO) or 大竹竹戈人 (KHHIO), four-corner 4223$_0$, composition ⿰犭瓜)

#### Derived characters

* 𦱄, 𠍐, 𦻨

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 708, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20333
* Dae Jaweon: page 1121, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1340, character 14
* Unihan data for U+72D0

## Chinese

* 狐

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 瓜 | *kʷraː |
| 坬 | *kʷraːs |
| 窊 | *qʷraː, *qʷraːs |
| 畖 | *qʷraː |
| 搲 | *qʷraːs |
| 攨 | *qʷraːs |
| 孤 | *kʷaː |
| 苽 | *kʷaː |
| 胍 | *kʷaː |
| 泒 | *kʷaː |
| 呱 | *kʷaː |
| 觚 | *kʷaː |
| 柧 | *kʷaː |
| 罛 | *kʷaː |
| 軱 | *kʷaː |
| 菰 | *kʷaː |
| 箛 | *kʷaː |
| 狐 | *ɡʷaː |
| 弧 | *ɡʷlaː |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷaː): semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 瓜 (OC *kʷraː).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gwa (“fox”). Cognate with Tibetan ཝ (wa, “fox”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hú (hu$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хў (hw, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wu$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): vu$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fù
    (Hailu, HRS): fu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fu$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hu$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ǔ
* Eastern Min (BUC): hù
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hou$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hô͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hou$^5$ / hu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hú
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hú
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^2$
*** Yale: hú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwu
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu
*** Sinological IPA : /fu²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хў (hw, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^4$
*** Yale: wùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: vu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /vu²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu
*** Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xu¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /u²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hù
*** Sinological IPA : /hu⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hou$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hó
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘
*** Tâi-lô: hôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hou$^5$ / hu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hôu / hû
*** Sinological IPA : /hou⁵⁵/, /hu⁵⁵/
* hou5 - vernacular;
* hu5 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: hu
Rime :
| Character | 狐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 戸吳切 |
| Baxter | hu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦuo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦuo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣo/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷˤa/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷaː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 狐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hu › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ʷˁa/ |
| English | fox |
| 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 | 狐 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4358 |
| Phonetic component | 瓜 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胡 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡʷaː/ |

### Definitions

狐
* fox
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 狐 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 狐狸, 狐 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 狐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 狐狸 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 狐狸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 狐狸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 狐狸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 狐狸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 狐狸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 狐子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 狐狸, 貔子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 貔子, 貔大狐子, 貔狐子, 狐狸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 狐狸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 狐狸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 狐狸, 貔虎子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 貔子, 狐狸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 臊貔子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 狐狸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 狐狸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 狐子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 狐狸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 狐子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 狐子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 狐狸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 狐狸, 狐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 狐狸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 毛狗 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 狐狸, 野狗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 狐狸, 狐子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 狐子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 狐狸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 野狐兒, 狐狸, 沙狐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 狐狸子, 狐狸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 狐狸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 狐子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 狐狸, 狐子, 野狐子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 狐狸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 狐狸, 野狐子, 野狐 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 狐子, 野狐子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 狐子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 狐狸, 黑鷹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 狐狸, 毛狗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 毛狗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 狐狸, 毛狗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 狐狸, 毛狗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 毛狗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 狐狸, 臭狐鹿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 狐狸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 狐狸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 狐狸, 大仙 superstitious |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 狐狸, 狸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 狐狸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 狐狸, 狐溜子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 狐狸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 狐狸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 狐狸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 狐狸 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 狐狸, 毛狗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蜢狗 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 狐狸 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 狐狸 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 狐狸 |
| Gan | Pengze | 狐狸 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 狐兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 狐狸, 禾狸 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 鋪狗 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 狐狸子, 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 狐狸, 狐狸仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 狐狸仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 狐狸 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 狐狸 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 狐狸 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 狐狸 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 狐子, 狐狸 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 狐子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jinyuan) | 狐子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 狐子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 狐子 |
| Jin | Datong | 狐子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 狐子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 狐子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 狐狸, 狐子 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 狐狸 |
| Jin | Linhe | 狐狸, 狐子 |
| Jin | Jining | 狐狸, 狐子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 狐狸, 狐子 |
| Jin | Baotou | 狐子 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 狐子 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 狐子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 狐狸, 狐子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 狐狸 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 狐狸 |
| Jin | Handan | 狐狸, 狐子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 狐哦 |
| Jin | Suide | 狐子 |
| Jin | Shenmu | 狐子, 狐狸 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 狐狸 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 狐狸, 狐狸貓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 野貓 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 狐狸, 狸貓 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 狐狸, 狸貓 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 狐狸, 狸貓 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 狐狸仔 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Miaoli (Houlong) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 狸貓 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 狐狸嫲 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 狐狸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 狐狸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 狐狸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 狐狸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 狐狸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 狐狸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 狐狸 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 狐狸 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 狐狸 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 狐狸 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 狐狸 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 狐狸 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 狐狸 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 狐狸 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 狐狸 |
| Wu | Danyang | 狐狸 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 狐狸, 大仙 superstitious |
| Wu | Ningbo | 狐狸 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 狐狸 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 狐狸 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 狐狸, 九尾子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 狐狸 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 狐狸精, 狐狸 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 狐狸 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 野狗 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 狐狸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 狐狸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 狐狸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 狐狸仔 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 狐狸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 狐狸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 狐狸 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 狐狸 |

### Compounds

* 一狐之腋
* 九尾狐 (jiǔwěihú)
* 令狐
* 兔死狐悲 (tùsǐhúbēi)
* 兔跡狐蹤 / 兔迹狐踪
* 北極狐 / 北极狐 (Běijíhú)
* 城狐社鼠
* 封狐
* 打夜狐
* 有狐
* 沙狐 (shāhú)
* 滿腹狐疑 / 满腹狐疑 (mǎnfùhúyí)
* 火狐 (huǒhú)
* 狐丘之誡 / 狐丘之诫
* 狐仙 (húxiān)
* 狐偃
* 狐假虎威 (hújiǎhǔwēi)
* 狐假鴟張 / 狐假鸱张
* 狐兔之悲
* 狐埋狐搰
* 狐奔鼠竄 / 狐奔鼠窜
* 狐媚 (húmèi)
* 狐媚子
* 狐媚猿攀
* 狐媚魔道
* 狐媚魘道 / 狐媚魇道
* 狐惑 (húhuò)
* 狐憑鼠伏 / 狐凭鼠伏
* 狐朋狗友 (húpénggǒuyǒu)
* 狐朋狗黨 / 狐朋狗党
* 狐步舞
* 狐死兔悲
* 狐死兔泣
* 狐死首丘
* 狐潛鼠伏 / 狐潜鼠伏
* 狐濡尾
* 狐狸
* 狐狸尾巴
* 狐狸狗
* 狐狸精 (húlijīng)
* 狐猴 (húhóu)
* 狐疑 (húyí)
* 狐疑不決 / 狐疑不决
* 狐疑未決 / 狐疑未决
* 狐白
* 狐群狗黨 / 狐群狗党 (húqún-gǒudǎng)
* 狐臊 (húsāo)
* 狐臭 (húchòu)
* 狐藉虎威 / 狐借虎威 (hújièhǔwēi)
* 狐虎之威
* 狐裘羔袖
* 狐裘蒙戎
* 狐裘龍茸 / 狐裘龙茸
* 狐迷
* 狐騷 / 狐骚
* 狐騷臭 / 狐骚臭
* 狐魅
* 狐鳴狗盜 / 狐鸣狗盗
* 狐鳴魚書 / 狐鸣鱼书
* 狗黨狐群 / 狗党狐群
* 狐鼠之徒
* 狼顧狐疑 / 狼顾狐疑
* 玄狐
* 玄狐蜂
* 白狐 (báihú)
* 社鼠城狐
* 篝火狐鳴 / 篝火狐鸣
* 老狐狸
* 與狐謀皮 / 与狐谋皮 (yǔhúmóupí)
* 花狸狐哨
* 花麗狐哨 / 花丽狐哨
* 董狐
* 董狐筆 / 董狐笔
* 虎威狐假
* 赤狐 (chìhú)
* 野狐涎
* 野狐狸
* 野狐禪 / 野狐禅 (yěhúchán)
* 銀狐 / 银狐
* 雄狐
* 飛狐 / 飞狐
* 鬼化狐
* 鬼狐
* 鬼狐猶 / 鬼狐犹
* 鬼狐由

### References

* “狐”, 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)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぐ (gu)、ご (go)
* Kan-on: こ (ko)
* Kun: きつね (kitsune, 狐)

#### Compounds

* 狐疑(こぎ) (kogi)
* 狐裘(こきゅう) (kokyū)
* 狐狗狸(こっくり) (kokkuri)
* 狐媚(こび) (kobi)
* 狐狸(こり) (kori)
* 狐狼(ころう) (korō)
* 狐臭(わきが) (wakiga)
* 一狐裘(いっこきゅう) (ikkokyū)
* 一狐裘三十年(いっこきゅうさんじゅうねん) (ikkokyū sanjūnen)
* 三狐神(さぐじ) (saguji)
* 城狐社鼠(じょうこしゃそ) (jōkoshaso)
* 千金(せんきん)の裘(きゅう)は一狐(いっこ)の腋(えき)に非(あら)ず (senkin no kyū wa ikko no eki ni arazu)
* 善狐(ぜんこ) (zenko): a good fox
* 天狐(てんこ) (tenko): a celestial fox
* 白狐(びゃっこ) (byakko): white fox; arctic fox
* 野狐(やこ) (yako): field or wild foxes
* 妖狐(ようこ) (yōko): a demon fox

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 狐
* きつね Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese. Appears in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.
There are various theories. The most likely is based on the root form kitsu, which may have originally been onomatopoeic for the sound of a fox's cry. The final ne syllable appeared for certain by the Heian period, but its meaning remains unclear.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) きつね [kìtsúné] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kʲi̥t͡sɨne̞]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

狐(きつね) or 狐(キツネ) • (kitsune)
* a fox
    Synonym: 稲荷 (inari)
** 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki:狐狼 上扈反, 倭言岐都禰, 又狐諼獸鬼所乘有三徳, 狐疑不定也, 狼音良, 訓, 似犬也, 倭言大神也(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1994 July 16, Isao Takahata, 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ [Heisei Raccoon Dog War Ponpoko], spoken by Oroku (Nijiko Kiyokawa), Toho:
    程(てい)度(ど)の低(ひく)いものは「擬(ぎ)態(たい)」と呼(よ)ばれ、カメレオンなんぞにもできるが、「化(ば)け学(がく)」はオラたち以(い)外(がい)では、キツネと一(いち)部(ぶ)のネコしか身(み)につけておらん‼
       Teido no hikui mono wa “gitai” to yobare, kamereon nanzo ni mo dekiru ga,“bakegaku” wa ora-tachi igai de wa, kitsune to ichibu no neko shika mi ni tsuketeoran‼
       Those lesser kinds like chameleons can make use of “mimicry”, but beside us, only foxes and a few cats can master “metamorphism”!!

#### 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 キツネ.

#### Synonyms

* フォックス (fokkusu, less common)

#### Derived terms

* 狐(きつね)薊(あざみ) (kitsuneazami)
* 狐(きつね)色(いろ) (kitsuneiro)
* 狐(きつね)饂(う)飩(どん) (kitsuneudon)
* 狐(きつね)落(お)とし (kitsuneotoshi)
* 狐(きつね)拳(けん) (kitsuneken)
* 狐(きつね)格(ごう)子(し) (kitsunegōshi)
* 狐(きつね)猿(ざる) (kitsunezaru)
* 狐(きつね)死(し)して丘(おか)に首(しゅ)す (kitsune shi shite oka ni shusu), 狐(きつね)死(し)して丘(おか)に首(かしら)す (kitsune shi shite oka ni kashirasu)
* 狐(きつね)鮨(ずし) (kitsunezushi)
* 狐(きつね)施(せ)行(ぎょう) (kitsunesegyō)
* 狐(きつね)鯛(だい) (kitsunedai)
* 狐(きつね)忠(ただ)信(のぶ) (kitsunetadanobu)
* 狐(きつね)塚(づか) (kitsunezuka)
* 狐(きつね)使(つか)い (kitsunetsukai)
* 狐(きつね)憑(つ)き (kitsunetsuki): possession by a kitsune
* 狐(きつね)釣(つ)り (kitsunetsuri)
* 狐(きつね)戸(ど) (kitsunedo)
* 狐(きつね)と狸(たぬき) (kitsune to tanuki)
* 狐(きつね)と狸(たぬき)の化(ば)かし合(あ)い (kitsune to tanuki no bakashi ai)
* 狐(きつね)につままれる (kitsune ni tsumamareru)
* 狐(きつね)の絵(え)筆(ふで) (kitsune no efude)
* 狐(きつね)の尾(お) (kitsune no o)
* 狐(きつね)の剃刀(かみそり) (kitsune no kamisori)
* 狐(きつね)の子(こ)は頬(つら)白(じろ) (kitsune no ko wa tsurajiro)
* 狐(きつね)の茶(ちゃ)袋(ぶくろ) (kitsune no chabukuro)
* 狐(きつね)の提(ちょう)灯(ちん) (kitsune no chōchin)
* 狐(きつね)の手(て)袋(ぶくろ) (kitsune no tebukuro)
* 狐(きつね)の牡(ぼ)丹(たん) (kitsune no botan)
* 狐(きつね)の孫(まご) (kitsune no mago)
* 狐(きつね)の嫁(よめ)入(い)り (kitsune no yomeiri): a sun shower
* 狐(きつね)火(び) (kitsunebi): will o' the wisp, foxfire
* 狐(きつね)日(び)和(より) (kitsunebiyori)
* 狐(きつね)福(ふく) (kitsunefuku)
* 狐(きつね)遍(べ)羅(ら) (kitsunebera), 狐(きつね)倍(べ)良(ら) (kitsunebera)
* 狐(きつね)窓(まど) (kitsunemado)
* 狐(きつね)飯(めし) (kitsunemeshi)
* 狐(きつね)物(もの)語(がたり) (kitsunemonogatari)
* 狐(きつね)柳(やなぎ) (kitsuneyanagi)
* 狐(きつね)六(ろっ)方(ぽう) (kitsuneroppō)
* 狐(きつね)罠(わな) (kitsunewana)
* 狐(きつね)を馬(うま)に乗(の)せたよう (kitsune o uma ni noseta yō)
* 青(あお)狐(ぎつね) (aogitsune)
* 赤(あか)狐(ぎつね) (akagitsune)
* 兎(うさぎ)死(し)すれば狐(きつね)これを悲(かな)しむ (usagi shi sureba kitsune kore o kanashimu)
* 兎(うさぎ)の罠(わな)に狐(きつね)がかかる (usagi no wana ni kitsune ga kakaru)
* 刑(おさか)部(べ)狐(ぎつね) (osakabegitsune)
* 御(お)先(さき)狐(ぎつね) (osakigitsune)
* 尾(お)裂(さ)き狐(ぎつね) (osakigitsune)
* 雄(お)狐(ぎつね) (ogitsune): a male fox
* 同(おな)じ穴(あな)の狐(きつね) (onaji ana no kitsune)
* 北(きた)狐(きつね) (kitakitsune): Vulpes vulpes schrenckii, the northern fox or Hokkaido fox of Japan and Sakhalin
* 九(きゅう)尾(び)の狐(きつね) (kyūbi no kitsune)
* 銀(ぎん)狐(ぎつね) (gingitsune)
* 管(くだ)狐(ぎつね) (kudagitsune)
* 源(げん)九(く)郎(ろう)狐(ぎつね) (genkurōgitsune)
* 小(こ)狐(ぎつね) (kogitsune), 子(こ)狐(ぎつね) (kogitsune)
* 小(こ)狐(ぎつね)座(ざ) (Kogitsuneza)
* 小(こ)狐(ぎつね)丸(まる) (kogitsunemaru)
* 小(こ)狐(ぎつね)礼(れい)三(ざ) (kogitsunereiza)
* 佐(さ)渡(ど)狐(ぎつね) (sadogitsune)
* 白(しろ)狐(ぎつね) (shirogitsune)
* 師(し)走(わす)狐(ぎつね) (shiwasugitsune)
* 釣(つ)り狐(ぎつね) (tsurigitsune)
* 虎(とら)の威(い)を借(か)る狐(きつね) (tora no i o karu kitsune)
* 野(の)狐(ぎつね) (nogitsune): field or wild foxes
* 灰(はい)色(いろ)狐(ぎつね) (haiirogitsune)
* 袋(ふくろ)狐(ぎつね) (fukurogitsune)
* 古(ふる)狐(ぎつね) (furugitsune)
* 北(ほっ)極(きょく)狐(ぎつね) (hokkyokugitsune)
* 牝(め)狐(ぎつね) (megitsune), 雌(め)狐(ぎつね) (megitsune): a female fox, a vixen
* ライネケ狐(ぎつね) (rainekegitsune)

### References

* ↑ 1937: Daigenkai (in Japanese). Reissued in 1984. →ISBN
* ↑ 1998: 『怪異・きつね百物語』 (Yōkai: Kitsune Hyaku Monogatari, “Phantoms: 100 Fox Tales”; in Japanese). Yoshihiko Sasama. →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
   * Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 狐 (MC hu).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᅘᅩᆼ (Yale: hhwò) | ᅘᅩᆼ (Yale: hhwò) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 여ᅀᅳ (Yale: yèzù) | 호 (Yale: hwò) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɸʷo̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [호]

### Hanja

Wikisource 狐 (eumhun 여우 호 (yeou ho))
* hanja form of 호 (“fox”) [affix]

#### Compounds

* 구미호 (九尾狐, gumiho)
* 야호 (野狐, yaho)
* 호구 (狐裘, hogu)

### References

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

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: ちちに (chichini, 狐)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 狐
* ちちに Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
/*kitune/ → /t͡ɕit͡sini/ → /t͡ɕit͡ɕini/
Cognate with Japanese 狐 (kitsune).
Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as ちつィに. The phonemes /t͡si/ and /t͡ɕi/ converged in Okinawan during the 20th century.

### Noun

狐(ちちに) (chichini)
* fox

### References

* ↑ Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典 [Documentation of the Language of Okinawa], Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), →DOI, page 30

### Further reading

* “ちちに【狐】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

狐: Hán Nôm readings: hồ
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.