狐 U+72D0, 狐 ← 狏[U+72CF] CJK Unified Ideographs 狑 →[U+72D1]
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 42230, composition ⿰犭瓜)
- 𦱄, 𠍐, 𦻨
- 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
trad. 狐 simp. # 狐
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡʷaː): semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 瓜 (OC *kʷraː).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gwa (“fox”). Cognate with Tibetan ཝ (wa, “fox”).
狐
- fox
- a surname
- “狐”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
(Hyōgai kanji)
- Go-on: ぐ (gu)、ご (go)
- Kan-on: こ (ko)
- Kun: きつね (kitsune, 狐)
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.[1] The final ne syllable appeared for certain by the Heian period,[2] but its meaning remains unclear.
- IPA(key): [kʲi̥t͡sɨne̞]
- Audio:(file)
- (Tokyo) きつね [kìtsúné] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5]
狐(きつね) • (kitsune)
- a fox Synonym: 稲荷 (inari)
- 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”!!
- aburaage
- short for きつねうどん (kitsune udon)
- short for 狐蕎麦 (kitsune soba)
- 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 (kitsune).
- フォックス (fokkusu, less common)
Kanji in this term 狐 けつねHyōgai irregular
- IPA(key): [ke̞t͡sɨne̞]
狐(けつね) • (ketsune)
- (dialectal, Kansai) fox
- (dialectal, Kansai) short for けつねうどん (ketsune udon)
- “▲狐”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
- Takeuchi, Rizō (1962), Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, →ISBN.
From Middle Chinese 狐 (MC hu).
Historical readings Dongguk Jeongun reading Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅘᅩᆼ (Yale: hhwò) Middle Korean Text Eumhun Gloss (hun) Reading Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[3] 여ᅀᅳ (Yale: yèzù) 호 (Yale: hwò)
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɸʷo̞]
- Phonetic hangul: [호]
狐 (eumhun 여우 호 (yeou ho))
- hanja form? of 호 (“fox”) [affix]
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [4]
(Hyōgai kanji)
- Kun: ちちに (chichini, 狐)←ちつぃに (titwini, 狐, historical)
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.[1] The phonemes /t͡si/ and /t͡ɕi/ converged in Okinawan during the 20th century.
狐(ちちに) (chichini) ←ちつィに (titwini)?
- fox
- “ちちに【狐】” in JLect – Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
狐: Hán Nôm readings: hồ
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