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鼬
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

mustela

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Mammals
yòu
ユウ、ユ
いたち
유
Phonosemantic compound. 鼠 represents the meaning and 由 represents the sound.
Components
鼠 mouse+ 由 wherefore =
鼬 mustela
鼠 Meaning component
shǔ mouse
rat, mouse
由 Phonetic component
yóu wherefore
cause, reason
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Notes
Similar Characters
巤 a mane竄 scurry (trad)鼢 a variety of mole鼩 shrew (zoology)鼯 flying鼱 shrew (zoology)鼴 Mole A Kind Of (trad)鼷 a mouse鼹 Talpidae A Kind Of (simp)冑 helmet (trad)笛 flute妯 wives of one's brothers宙 universe岫 cave抽 take out柚 pomelo油 oil胄 headpiece舳 stern of ship蚰 millipede (iii)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鼬
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鼬 [yòu]
see 鼬鼠[yòu​shǔ]
Japanese
鼬 、 鼬鼠 (rare) イタチ 、 いたち 同音

noun

  1. usually kana weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi)
  2. usually kana mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
いたちはその悪臭で知られている。
The weasel is noted for its bad smell.
CHINESE WORDS (16)
黄鼬 [huáng​yòu] #64,050
Siberian weasel
伶鼬 [líng​yòu]
weasel
猫鼬 [māo​yòu]
see 狐獴[hú​měng]
臭鼬 [chòu​yòu]
skunk
艾鼬 [ài​yòu]
steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii)
猫鼬 [māo​yòu]
see 狐獴[hú​měng]
野鼬瓣花 [yě​yòu​bàn​huā]
wild hemp
青鼬 [qīng​yòu]
weasel
香鼬 [xiāng​yòu]
mountain weasel
鼬属 [yòu​shǔ]
Mustela (genus of weasels etc)
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JAPANESE WORDS (18)
鼬 [イタチ] #46,308
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi)
鎌鼬 [かまいたち] #49,955
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind
貂 [てん] #72,458
Japanese marten (Martes melampus)
鼬ごっこ [いたちごっこ] #143,783
going round in circles
イタチの最後っ屁 [いたちのさいごっぺ] #229,290
final emergency measure
白イタチ [しろいたち] #239,938
ferret
毛長鼬 [けながいたち] #300,261
polecat (Mustela putorius)
猫鼬 [ねこいたち] #309,118
mongoose
いたちの道 [いたちのみち] #311,271
not writing or visiting someone
いたちの道切り [いたちのみちきり]
not to write to or visit someone
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