狧

狧 U+72E7, 狧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72E7 ← 狦 [U+72E6] CJK Unified Ideographs 狨 → [U+72E8]

Translingual

Han character

狧 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹十口 (KHHJR), composition ⿰犭舌)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 710, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20381
• Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1344, character 11
• Unihan data for U+72E7

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
銛	*koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
栝	*koːd, *l̥ʰeːmʔ
餂	*l̥ʰeːmʔ
恬	*l'eːm
湉	*l'eːm
甜	*l'iːm
狧	*l̥ʰaːb

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		狧
alternative forms		㹺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tà (ta⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tà
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴
    • Yale: tà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tah
    • Palladius: та (ta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: thap

Rime
Character	狧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	盍 (144)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	吐盍切
Baxter	thap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰap̚/
Li Rong	/tʰɑp̚/
Wang Li	/tʰɑp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ta
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狧
Reading #	1/1
No.	12409
Phonetic component	甜
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	榻
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰaːb/
Notes	小徐舌聲讀若鰈

Definitions

狧

1. (obsolete, rare, of a dog) to eat
2. (obsolete, rare, of a dog) to bite people

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 狧 – see 舐 (“to lick; to lap; to stroke with the tongue”). (This character is a variant form of 舐).