狃

狃 U+72C3, 狃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72C3 ← 狂 [U+72C2] CJK Unified Ideographs 狄 → [U+72C4]

Translingual

Han character

狃 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓土 (KHNG), four-corner 4721₅, composition ⿰犭丑)

1. to covet
2. to be accustomed

Derived characters

• 莥

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 707, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20289
• Dae Jaweon: page 1120, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1337, character 6
• Unihan data for U+72C3

Chinese

trad.		狃
simp. #		狃

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
峱	*nuː
紐	*nuʔ
扭	*nuʔ, *tnuʔ
狃	*nuʔ, *nus
鈕	*nuʔ
忸	*nuʔ, *nuɡ
杻	*nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ
莥	*nuʔ
羞	*snu
丑	*n̥ʰuʔ
沑	*njuʔ, *nuɡ
粈	*njuʔ
衄	*nuɡ, *njuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *nuʔ, *nus) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ) – animal tracks. However, the phonetic component indicates an animal claw, hence it adds part of the meaning.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǔ, nǜ (niu³, nü⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ, ㄋㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǒu
    • Wade–Giles: niu³
    • Yale: nyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neou
    • Palladius: ню (nju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyù
    • Wade–Giles: nü⁴
    • Yale: nyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niuh
    • Palladius: нюй (njuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nau²
    • Yale: náu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjuwX, nrjuwH

Rime
Character	狃	狃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	女久切	女救切
Baxter	nrjuwX	nrjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨuX/	/ɳɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiuX/	/ɳiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/niəuX/	/niəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳuwX/	/ɳuwH/
Li Rong	/niuX/	/niuH/
Wang Li	/nĭəuX/	/nĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯ə̯uX/	/ni̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǔ	niù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nau5	nau6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.n<r>uʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuʔ/, /*nus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	狃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	niǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ nrjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.n<r>uʔ/
English	animal tracks; claws
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狃	狃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1519	1528
Phonetic component	丑	丑
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	狃	糅
Old Chinese	/*nuʔ/	/*nus/

Definitions

狃

1. ^† to adhere to
2. ^† to be accustomed to
3. ^† animal tracks

Japanese

Kanji

狃

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. get used to
2. learn

Readings

• On (unclassified): じゅう (jū)
• Kun: なれる (nareru)、ならう (narau)