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U+9F2A, 鼪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F2A

[U+9F29]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9F2B]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 208, +5, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹女竹手一 (HVHQM), four-corner 75711, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1528, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48423
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2064, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4774, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9F2A

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *sreŋ, *sreŋs) : semantic (mouse; rat) + phonetic (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs).

Etymology

STEDT reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-(l/r)e(y/ŋ) (squirrel, weasel). Cognates include:

  • insides Chinese, (OC *rɯ) (however, see there for other etymologies);
  • outsides Chinese, Tibetan སྲེ་མོང (sre mong, weasel), Burmese [script needed] (hrañ, squirrel), Lepcha [script needed] (să-myóŋ, marmot), Karbi [Term?] (iŋren, mongoose) (< *m-ren) (see also Schuessler, 2009), Proto-Karen *hliᴮ - whence S'gaw Karen [script needed] (liɁ⁴⁵lu¹¹¨) (Northern) & [script needed] (li⁴⁵’) (Southern) - all meaning "squirrel", etc.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (21) (21)
Final () (109) (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Baxter sraeng sraengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠæŋ/ /ʃˠæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚaŋ/ /ʃᵚaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃaŋ/ /ʃaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂaɨjŋ/ /ʂaɨjŋH/
Li
Rong
/ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Wang
Li
/ʃɐŋ/ /ʃɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂɐŋ/ /ʂɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shēng shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sang1 sang3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 11318 11324
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sreŋ/ /*sreŋs/
Notes

Definitions

  1. Siberian weasel

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. weasel

Readings

Korean

Hanja

(saeng) (hangeul )

  1. weasel
  2. squirrel