# 鼬

| 鼬 | U+9F2C, &#40748; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F2C |
| ← 鼫 [U+9F2B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鼭 → [U+9F2D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鼬 (Kangxi radical 208, 鼠+5, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹女中田 (HVLW), four-corner 7571$_6$, composition ⿰鼠由 or ⿺鼠由)
* Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1528, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48427
* Dae Jaweon: page 2064, character 32
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4773, character 12
* Unihan data for U+9F2C

## Chinese

* 鼬

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 袖 | *ljɯwɢs |
| 岫 | *ljɯwɢs |
| 牰 | *ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs |
| 抽 | *l̥ʰɯw |
| 妯 | *l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ |
| 紬 | *l'ɯw |
| 怞 | *l'ɯw |
| 鮋 | *l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw |
| 菗 | *rlɯw |
| 宙 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 胄 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 冑 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 伷 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 駎 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 油 | *lɯw, *lɯwɢs |
| 由 | *lɯw |
| 蚰 | *lɯw |
| 秞 | *lɯw |
| 邮 | *lɯw |
| 釉 | *lɯwɢs |
| 柚 | *lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ |
| 鼬 | *lɯwɢs |
| 苖 | *l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ |
| 笛 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 迪 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 頔 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 軸 | *l'ɯwɢ |
| 舳 | *l'ɯwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lɯwɢs): semantic 鼠 (“rat”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yòu (you$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^6$ / jau$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): êu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): iu$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iū
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iu$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^4$
*** Yale: yòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
*** Palladius: ю (ju)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^6$ / jau$^2$
*** Yale: yauh / yáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^6$ / jau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^6$ / yeo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯²²/, /jɐu̯³⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: êu
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛu²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: iu$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: iū
*** Sinological IPA : /iu²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
*** Tâi-lô: iū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iu³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iu$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iū
*** Sinological IPA : /iu¹¹/
* Middle Chinese: yuwH
Rime :
| Character | 鼬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 余救切 |
| Baxter | yuwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /juw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /iu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*lɯwɢs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鼬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15533 |
| Phonetic component | 由 |
| Rime group | 奧 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 狖 |
| Old Chinese | /*lɯwɢs/ |

### Definitions

鼬
* weasel
* (by extension) mustelid

### Compounds

* 白鼬 (báiyòu)
* 臭鼬 (chòuyòu, “skunk”)
* 袋鼬 (dàiyòu, “quoll”)
* 青鼬 (qīngyòu)
* 髟鼬
* 黃鼬 / 黄鼬 (huángyòu)
* 鼬鯊 / 鼬鲨 (yòushā, “tiger shark”)
* 鼬鼠 (yòushǔ)

### References

* “鼬”, 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

| Shinjitai (extended) | 𫠘 |
| Print standard | 鼬 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𫠘)
* weasel

#### Readings

* Go-on: ゆ (yu)
* Kan-on: ゆう (yū)
* Kun: いたち (itachi, 鼬)

### Pronunciation

* Kanji in this term
* 鼬
* いたち Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 鼬鼠 鼪 (rare) 貂 (rare) 鼶 (rare)
* (Tokyo) いたち [ìtáchí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ita̠t͡ɕi]

### Noun

鼬(いたち) or 鼬(イタチ) • (itachi)
* weasel
** 2020 March 21, Kimiko Ueno, “Greedy Bears”, in BNA ビー・エヌ・エー [BNA], episode 5, spoken by Marie Itami (Michiyo Murase), Toho/Netflix:
    ミ・ン・ク！イタチじゃなくて、ミンクのマリー！
       Mi n ku! Itachi janakute , minku no Marī!
       MI - N - K! I'm not a weasel, I'm Marie the mink!

#### 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

* 鼬(いたち)ごっこ (itachi-gokko)
* 鼬鮫(イタチザメ) (itachizame)
* 鼬萩(イタチハギ) (itachihagi)
* 鼬椒(いたちはじかみ) (itachi hajikami)
* 鎌鼬(かまいたち) (kamaitachi)
* 毛長鼬(ケナガイタチ) (kenagaitachi)
* 白鼬(シロイタチ) (shiroitachi)
* 猫鼬(ねこいたち) (nekoitachi)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

鼬 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune–Reischauer yu, Yale yu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鼬: Hán Việt readings: dứu
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### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).