嘼

嘼	U+563C, 嘼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-563C

Translingual

Han character

嘼 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口口田一口 (RRWMR), composition ⿱㽞𠮛)

Derived characters

𠐠, 𬩨, 𡃣, 獸, 𡄲, 鼍, 𬡁

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 33
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4279
Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 28
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 683, character 6
Unihan data for U+563C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嘼
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (嘼) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
獸	*qʰljus
嘼	*qʰlus

According to the Shuowen Jiezi, a pictogram (象形) of an animal, with 吅 for its ears and 田 for its head. The feet, originally depicted as 厹 in the variant 𠾧, simplified as 口.^[1]

The Shuowen explanation of the character conflicts with several scholars. Huang Dekuan considers the character to be a compound of 單 with 口 added as a distinguishing mark,^[2] making it a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) . This aligns with Ji Xusheng's criticism of the pronunciation given in the Shuowen (fanqie 許救切). He argues that there is no evidence supporting it, while there's proof of it instead being pronounced the same as 單 (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans). According to him, however, 嘼 should be a ideogram (指事) of 獸, with the 犬 component omitted. ^[3]

^ "（嘼）㹌也。象耳、頭、足厹地之形。古文嘼，下从厹。凡嘼之屬皆从嘼。許救切"
^ 黃德寬，2007《古文字譜系疏證》，北京：商務印書館。 p. 613-614
^ 季旭昇，2004《說文新證》，台北：藝文印書館印行，2014年9月第二版。p. 956

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 嘼 – see 畜 (“livestock”). (This character is a variant form of 畜).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 嘼 – see 畜 (“to raise; to rear”). (This character is a variant form of 畜).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 嘼 – see 獸 (“beast; animal; bestial; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 獸).

Japanese

Kanji

嘼

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū)、く (ku)、ちゅう (chū)
Kun: やしなう (yashinau)

Korean

Hanja

嘼 (eum 휴 (hyu))

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[1] "（嘼）㹌也。象耳、頭、足厹地之形。古文嘼，下从厹。凡嘼之屬皆从嘼。許救切"

[2] 黃德寬，2007《古文字譜系疏證》，北京：商務印書館。 p. 613-614

[3] 季旭昇，2004《說文新證》，台北：藝文印書館印行，2014年9月第二版。p. 956

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