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貍
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a fox-like animal

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Mammals
lí
リ、ライ
たぬき
리
Phonosemantic compound. 豸 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.
Components
豸 worm-like invertebrate+ 里 li =
貍 a fox-like animal
豸 Meaning component
zhì worm-like invertebrate
KangXi radical 153
里 Phonetic component
Lǐ li
Li (surname)
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Notes
Similar Characters
豹 leopard豺 wolf豻 wild貂 marten貅 fierce貇 to root貉 badger貊 ancient貓 cat (trad)貔 legendary貘 the panther俚 vulgar厘 centi (simp)哩 mile埋 bury娌 brother's wife悝 to laugh at to pity狸 raccoon dog理 reason裏 within (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
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 Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
貍
Regular
Modern
Japanese
狸 、 貍 (rare) たぬき 、 タヌキ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog
  2. usually kana sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox; cunning devil; sly person
Example Sentences
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
⭐ 狸 [たぬき] #14,274
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides)