猹

猹 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹木日一 (KHDAM), composition ⿰犭查(G) or ⿰犭査(K))

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 716, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1356, character 11
• Unihan data for U+7339

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 查

猹

1. A species of wild animal mentioned in Lu Xun's “My Old Home”. Its true identity remains unknown but it was identified as possibly being a badger in one of his letters.

   • 我那時並不知道這所謂猹的是怎麼一件東西——便是現在也不知道——只是無端地覺得狀如小狗而很兇猛。 [MSC, trad.]
     我那时并不知道这所谓猹的是怎么一件东西——便是现在也不知道——只是无端地觉得状如小狗而很凶猛。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1921, Lu Xun, “My Old Home”

     Wǒ nàshí bìng bù zhīdào zhè suǒwèi chá de shì zěnme yījiàn dōngxī — biàn shì xiànzài yě bù zhīdào — zhǐshì wúduān dì juéde zhuàng rú xiǎogǒu ér hěn xiōngměng. [Pinyin]

     Back then I did not know what this so-called cha was—which I still do not know even now—but just thought that it had a shape like a little dog and was somehow ferocious for no reason.