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貂
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marten

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Mammals
diāo
チョウ
てん
초
Phonosemantic compound. 豸 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound.
Components
豸 worm-like invertebrate+ 召 summon =
貂 marten
豸 Meaning component
zhì worm-like invertebrate
KangXi radical 153
召 Phonetic component
zhào summon
imperial decree
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Notes
Similar Characters
豹 leopard豺 wolf豻 wild貅 fierce貇 to root貉 badger貊 ancient貍 a fox-like animal貓 cat (trad)貔 legendary貘 the panther劭 excel怊 招 beckon昭 evident沼 marsh炤 illumine笤 a broom紹 acquaint (trad/jp)绍 join (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
貂
Regular
Modern
Chinese
貂 [diāo]
sable or marten (genus Martes)
Japanese
貂 、 黄鼬 てん 、 テン 同音

noun

  1. usually kana Japanese marten (Martes melampus)
  2. marten (any arboreal weasel-like mammal of genus Martes)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (13)
貂蝉 [Diāo​Chán] #17,646
Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[sì​dà​měi​nǚ], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dǒng​Zhuó] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lǚ​Bù]
貂蝉 [Diāo​Chán] #17,646
Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[sì​dà​měi​nǚ], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dǒng​Zhuó] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lǚ​Bù]
貂皮 [diāo​pí] #20,805
mink fur
水貂 [shuǐ​diāo] #51,510
mink (Mustela lutreola, M. vison)
黑貂 [hēi​diāo] #49,547
sable (Martes zibellina)
狗尾续貂 [gǒu​wěi​xù​diāo] #59,050
lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom)
狗尾续貂 [gǒu​wěi​xù​diāo] #59,050
lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom)
紫貂 [zǐ​diāo] #60,086
sable (Martes zibellina)
貂裘换酒 [diāo​qiú​huàn​jiǔ] #74,083
lit. to trade a fur coat for wine (idiom)
貂裘换酒 [diāo​qiú​huàn​jiǔ] #74,083
lit. to trade a fur coat for wine (idiom)
3 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
貂 [てん] #72,458
Japanese marten (Martes melampus)
白貂 [しろてん] #141,275
ermine
黒貂 [くろてん] #166,352
sable (Martes zibellina)
屈狸 [くずり] #282,725
wolverine (Gulo gulo)
対馬貂 [つしまてん]
Tsushima marten (Martes melampus tsuensis, a subspecies of the Japanese marten)
松貂 [まつてん]
European pine marten (Martes martes)
胸白貂 [むなじろてん]
stone marten
蝦夷黒貂 [えぞくろてん]
Japanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)