狆

狆 U+72C6, 狆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72C6
← 狅
[U+72C5]
CJK Unified Ideographs 狇 →
[U+72C7]

Translingual

Han character

狆 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大竹中 (KHL), four-corner 45206, composition ⿰犭中)

  1. Bouyei people
  2. Japanese Chin

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 708, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20293
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1120, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1336, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+72C6

Chinese

simp. and trad.
狆

Pronunciation


Definitions

狆

  1. (historical) Bouyei (ethnic group)
    Synonym: 布依 (Bùyī)
  2. Japanese Chin, a breed of dog originated in Japan

Japanese

Glyph origin

Appeared from the Edo period. A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”), invented independently of Chinese 狆 (zhòng, “Bouyei people”).

Kanji

狆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. name of an ethnic group had been living in Yunnan and Guizhou
  2. Japanese Chin, a breed of dog

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
狆
ちん
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
狆 (Japanese Chin)

According one theory, short for 小(ちい)さい犬(いぬ) (chīsai inu, “small dog”).

Pronunciation

Noun

狆(ちん) • (chin) ←ちん (tin)?

  1. Japanese Chin, a breed of dog originated in Japan

Derived terms

  • 狆(ちん)穴(あな)子(ご) (chin-anago)
  • 狆(ちん)くしゃ (chinkusha)
  • 狆(ちん)ころ (chinkoro)
  • 狆(ちん)猫(ねこ)婆(ばばあ) (chin neko babā)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

狆 (eumhun 오랑캐 중 (orangkae jung))

  1. name of barbarians had been living in Yunnan and Guizhou
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