# 貂

| 貂 | U+8C82, &#35970; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C82 |
| ← 貁 [U+8C81] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 貃 → [U+8C83] |

## Translingual
### Han character

貂 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 月竹尸竹口 (BHSHR), four-corner 2726$_2$, composition ⿰豸召)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1200, character 27
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36528
* Dae Jaweon: page 1662, character 27
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3910, character 8
* Unihan data for U+8C82

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 刀 | *taːw |
| 忉 | *taːw |
| 魛 | *taːw |
| 舠 | *taːw |
| 朷 | *taːw, *moːɡ |
| 叨 | *tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw |
| 倒 | *taːwʔ, *taːws |
| 到 | *taːws |
| 菿 | *taːws, *rtaːwɢ |
| 鞀 | *deːw |
| 鳭 | *rteːw, *teːw |
| 灱 | *hreːw |
| 菬 | *sdew, *tjewʔ |
| 超 | *tʰew |
| 怊 | *tʰew, *tʰjew |
| 欩 | *tʰew |
| 召 | *dews, *djews |
| 昭 | *tjew |
| 招 | *tjew |
| 鉊 | *tjew |
| 沼 | *tjewʔ |
| 照 | *tjews |
| 詔 | *tjews |
| 炤 | *tjews |
| 弨 | *tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ |
| 眧 | *tʰjewʔ |
| 韶 | *djew |
| 佋 | *djew, *djewʔ |
| 軺 | *djew, *lew |
| 玿 | *djew |
| 柖 | *djew |
| 紹 | *djewʔ |
| 袑 | *djewʔ |
| 綤 | *djewʔ |
| 邵 | *djews |
| 劭 | *djews |
| 卲 | *djews |
| 刁 | *teːw |
| 芀 | *teːw, *deːw |
| 貂 | *teːw |
| 蛁 | *teːw |
| 迢 | *deːw |
| 苕 | *deːw |
| 髫 | *deːw |
| 岧 | *deːw |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *teːw): semantic 豸 + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): diāo (diao$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): diao$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): diu$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): iau$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): dieu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tiâu
    (Hailu, HRS): diau$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): diau$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): diau$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): diáu
* Eastern Min (BUC): diĕu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dieo$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): diou$^1$ / diao$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tiau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): diau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: diāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: diao
*** Wade–Giles: tiao$^1$
*** Yale: dyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diau
*** Palladius: дяо (djao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: diao$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: diao
*** Sinological IPA : /tiau⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: diu$^1$
*** Yale: dīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: diu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: diu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiːu̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: iau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /iau³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: dieu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiɛu⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiâu
*** Hakka Romanization System: diau$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: diau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ti̯au̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: diau$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /tiau⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: diau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tiau⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: diau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tiau¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: diáu
*** Sinological IPA : /tiau⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: diĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /tieu⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: dieo$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: da̤u
*** Sinological IPA : /tieu⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau
*** Tâi-lô: tiau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tiau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiau⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: diou$^1$ / diao$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiou / tiau
*** Sinological IPA : /tiou³³/, /tiau³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tiau
*** MiniDict: tiau$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tiau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tiɔ⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: diau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɒu̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: tew
Rime :
| Character | 貂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 都聊切 |
| Baxter | tew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /teu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /teu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /teu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɛw/ |
| Li Rong | /teu/ |
| Wang Li | /tieu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tieu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | diāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | diu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*teːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 貂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2155 |
| Phonetic component | 刀 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 貂 |
| Old Chinese | /*teːw/ |

### Definitions

貂
* marten
* a surname

### Compounds

* 七葉貂 / 七叶貂
* 三貂角 (Sāndiāojiǎo)
* 侍中貂
* 傳貂 / 传貂
* 八貂
* 右貂
* 大貂
* 宮貂 / 宫貂
* 小貂
* 左貂
* 帶膆貂掛 / 带膆貂挂
* 水貂 (shuǐdiāo)
* 漢珥貂 / 汉珥貂
* 漢貂 / 汉貂
* 狗尾續貂 / 狗尾续貂 (gǒuwěixùdiāo)
* 狗尾貂續 / 狗尾貂续
* 狗續貂尾 / 狗续貂尾
* 狗續金貂 / 狗续金貂
* 珥貂
* 皂貂
* 紫貂 (zǐdiāo)
* 續貂 / 续貂
* 脫貂 / 脱貂
* 蟬貂 / 蝉貂
* 補貂 / 补貂
* 豎貂 / 竖貂
* 豐貂 / 丰貂
* 貂丁
* 貂不足
* 貂侍
* 貂冕
* 貂冠
* 貂卻 / 貂却
* 貂參 / 貂参
* 貂寺
* 貂尾
* 貂尾扇
* 貂帳 / 貂帐
* 貂帽
* 貂扇
* 貂文
* 貂毛
* 貂毫
* 貂熊 (diāoxióng)
* 貂狗相屬 / 貂狗相属
* 貂珠
* 貂珥
* 貂璫 / 貂珰
* 貂皮
* 貂皮大衣
* 貂續 / 貂续
* 貂纓 / 貂缨
* 貂羽
* 貂腳 / 貂脚
* 貂茵
* 貂蟬 / 貂蝉 (Diāochán)
* 貂蟟
* 貂蟬冠 / 貂蝉冠
* 貂行
* 貂衣
* 貂袍
* 貂袖
* 貂裘
* 貂裘換酒 / 貂裘换酒
* 貂褐
* 貂褕
* 貂襜
* 貂覆額 / 貂覆额
* 貂金
* 貂錦 / 貂锦
* 貂鶡 / 貂鹖
* 貂鼠
* 貂鼴 / 貂鼹
* 貂鼲 / 貂𱌏
* 貴貂 / 贵貂
* 輕貂 / 轻貂
* 金貂
* 金貂取酒
* 金貂換酒 / 金貂换酒
* 金貂貰酒 / 金貂贳酒
* 銀貂 / 银貂
* 阮孚貂
* 阮貂換酒 / 阮貂换酒
* 香貂
* 鳧盧貂 / 凫卢貂
* 黃喉貂 / 黄喉貂 (huánghóudiāo)
* 黃貂 / 黄貂
* 黑貂 (hēidiāo)
* 鼲貂 / 𱌏貂

### References

* “貂”, 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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “貂”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 51.

## Japanese

Wikispecies

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちょう (chō)
* Kan-on: ちょう (chō)
* Kun: てん (ten, 貂)、いたち (itachi, 貂)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 貂
* てん Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 黄鼬
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) テン [téꜜǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [tẽ̞ɴ]

#### Noun

貂(てん) or 貂(テン) • (ten)
* Japanese marten, Martes melampus

##### Usage notes

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

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 貂
* いたち Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 貂 – see the following entry. :
| 【鼬いたち】H | [noun] weasel Alternative spellings 鼬鼠, 鼪, 鼶, イタチ |
(This term, 貂, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ 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

## Korean
### Hanja

貂 • (cho) (hangeul 초, revised cho, McCune–Reischauer ch'o, Yale cho)
* (담비 초, dambi-): marten, sable

## Vietnamese
### Han character

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