狺

狺 U+72FA, 狺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72FA ← 狹 [U+72F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 狻 → [U+72FB]

Translingual

Han character

狺 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大竹卜一口 (KHYMR), four-corner 4026₁, composition ⿰犭言)

1. snarling of dogs

Derived characters

• 獄, 𤢰

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 711, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20430
• Dae Jaweon: page 1124, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1350, character 4
• Unihan data for U+72FA

Chinese

simp. and trad.		狺
alternative forms		㹞

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
唁	*ŋrans
這	*ŋrans
言	*ŋan
琂	*ŋan
圁	*ŋrɯn
誾	*ŋrɯn
訔	*ŋrɯn
狺	*ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 言 (OC *ŋan).

May have originally been written 㹞, in which case it is a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 斤 (OC *kɯn, *kɯns).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngan⁴
    • Yale: ngàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐn²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngin, ngj+n

Rime
Character	狺	狺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	語巾切	語斤切
Baxter	ngin	ngj+n
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiɪn/	/ŋɨn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚin/	/ŋɨn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋien/	/ŋiən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjin/	/ŋɨn/
Li Rong	/ŋjĕn/	/ŋiən/
Wang Li	/ŋǐĕn/	/ŋĭən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ĕn/	/ŋi̯ən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngan4	ngan4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋrɯn/, /*ŋɯn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	狺	狺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	14276	14277
Phonetic component	言	言
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	銀	䖐
Old Chinese	/*ŋrɯn/	/*ŋɯn/

Definitions

狺

1. bark; snarl (of a dog)

Compounds

• 狺狺 (yínyín)

 

Japanese

Kanji

狺

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): げん (gen)、ごん (gon)

Korean

Hanja

狺 • (eun) (hangeul 은, revised eun, McCune–Reischauer ŭn, Yale un)

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Vietnamese

Han character

狺: Hán Việt readings: ngân
狺: Nôm readings: ngân, ngan

1. chữ Hán form of ngân (“snarling, barking of dogs”).
2. Nôm form of ngan (“Muscovy duck”).