嘼

嘼 U+563C, 嘼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-563C ← 嘻 [U+563B] CJK Unified Ideographs 嘽 → [U+563D]

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.

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, 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.

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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