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獺

獺

See also: 獭

Translingual

Han character

獺 (radical 94 犬+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 大竹木中金 (KHDLC), four-corner 47286)

  1. otter

References

  • KangXi: page 721, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20782
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1133, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1377, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+737A

Chinese

trad. 獺
simp. 獭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (賴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
賴 *raːds
籟 *raːds
癩 *raːds, *raːd
瀨 *raːds
藾 *raːds
攋 *raːds, *reːdʔ, *raːd
懶 *raːnʔ
嬾 *raːnʔ
獺 *r̥ʰaːd, *hr'aːd

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 獺 獺
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 透 (6) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 曷 (63) 黠 (71)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I II
Fanqie 他達切 他鎋切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /tʰɑt̚/ /ʈʰˠat̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /tʰɑt̚/ /ʈʰᵚat̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /tʰɑt̚/ /ȶʰɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /tʰat̚/ /ʈʰaɨt̚/
Li
Rong		 /tʰɑt̚/ /ȶʰat̚/
Wang
Li		 /tʰɑt̚/ /ȶʰat̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tʰɑt̚/ /ȶʰăt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 ta cha
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 獺 獺
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tǎ tǎ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ that › ‹ trhæt ›
Old
Chinese		 /*r̥ˤat/ /*[m-r̥]ˤat/
English otter otter

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 獺 獺
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7640 7643
Phonetic
component		 賴 賴
Rime
group		 月 月
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 闥 獺
Old
Chinese		 /*r̥ʰaːd/ /*hr'aːd/

Definitions

獺

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Compounds

  • 獺祭／獭祭
  • 獺祭魚／獭祭鱼

Japanese

Kanji

獺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. otter

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
獺
おそ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
獺
うそ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

獺 ‎(hiragana うそ, romaji uso) (alternative reading hiragana おそ, romaji oso, historical hiragana をそ)

  1. an otter

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
獺
かわおそ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
獺
かわうそ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

川 ‎(kawa, “river”) +‎ 獺 ‎(uso, “otter”)

Pronunciation

Noun

獺 ‎(hiragana かわうそ, katakana カワウソ, romaji kawauso, historical hiragana かはうそ)
(alternative reading hiragana かわおそ, katakana カワオソ, romaji kawaoso, historical hiragana かはをそ)

  1. Alternative spelling of 川獺 ‎(“otter”)

Korean

Hanja

獺 • ‎(dal, chal) (hangeul 달, 찰, revised dal, chal, McCune-Reischauer tal, ch'al, Yale tal, chal)

  1. (수달 달, sudal-): otter

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

獺 (thát, rái)

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