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貉
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badger

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Mammals
mò
カク、ハク
むじな
학
Phonosemantic compound. 豸 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.
Components
豸 worm-like invertebrate+ 各 each =
貉 badger
豸 Meaning component
zhì worm-like invertebrate
KangXi radical 153
各 Phonetic component
gè each
each, individually, every, all
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Notes
Similar Characters
豹 leopard豺 wolf豻 wild貂 marten貅 fierce貇 to root貊 ancient貍 a fox-like animal貓 cat (trad)貔 legendary貘 the panther咯 final particle客 guest恪 reverent格 pattern洛 Luo River烙 branding珞 kind of necklace略 abbreviation硌 to hurt
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
貉
Regular
Modern
Chinese
貉 [hé]
raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki); also pr. [háo]
貉 [mò]
old term for northern peoples; silent
Japanese
狢 、 貉 (old) むじな 、 ムジナ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana badger
  2. usually kana raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (4)
一丘之貉 [yī​qiū​zhī​hé] #48,703
jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
貉子 [háo​zi]
raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
貉绒 [háo​róng]
precious fur obtained from skin of raccoon dog after removing hard bristle
貉绒 [háo​róng]
precious fur obtained from skin of raccoon dog after removing hard bristle
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
同じ穴のムジナ [おなじあなのむじな] #58,822
(villains) of the same stripe
狢 [むじな] #71,676
badger
一つ穴のむじな [ひとつあなのむじな] #222,536
gang