獣

See also: 獸
獣 U+7363, 獣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7363
← 獢
[U+7362] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 獤 →
[U+7364]

Translingual

Traditional 獸
Shinjitai 獣
Simplified 兽

Han character

獣 (radical 94, 犬+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火口戈大 (FRIK), composition ⿰⿱畄𠮛犬)

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 719, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20714
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1369, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7363

Japanese

Shinjitai

 獣

Kyūjitai

 獸

Kanji

獣

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 獸)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
獣
けだもの
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Literally "thing of hair". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) +‎ だ (da, genitive marker) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2] Medial -da- is a very rare genitive marker found in compounds, also seen in 果物 (kudamono, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

獣 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 獸, hiragana けだもの, rōmaji kedamono)

  1. an animal covered in fur, a beast
    • 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 6 (back))
      獸 ケタモノ

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
獣
けもの
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Literally "hair thing". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

獣 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 獸, hiragana けもの, rōmaji kemono)

  1. an animal covered in fur, a beast
    • 1999 February 4, “ダーク・グレイ [Dark Gray]”, in Vol.1 (in Japanese), Konami:
      からだが灰 (はい)色 (いろ)のけもの。あまり見 (み)かけない貴 (き)重 (ちょう)ないきもの。
      Karada ga haiiro no kemono. Amari mikakenai kichō na ikimono.
      A beast with a gray body. It is a rarely seen treasure of nature.
    • 1999 July 5, “モン・ラーバス [Mon Larvas]”, in BOOSTER 3 (in Japanese), Konami:
      ラーバスがより進 (しん)化 (か)したけもの。力 (ちから)がパワーアップしている。
      Rābasu ga yori shinka shita kemono. Chikara ga pawā-appu shiteiru.
      A beast who evolved from Larvas and is now even more powerful.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
獣
しし
Grade: S
Irregular

From 肉 (shishi, “meat, flesh”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

獣 (hiragana しし, rōmaji shishi)

  1. (archaic) a beast (used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)
Idioms

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
獣
じゅう
Grade: S
kan’yōon

/siu/ → /ɕiu/ → /d͡ʑiu/ → /d͡ʑuː/

From Middle Chinese 獸 (syuwH, “(wild) animal”). Compare modern Mandarin reading shòu, Min Nan siù.

Pronunciation

Noun

獣 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 獸, hiragana じゅう, rōmaji jū, historical hiragana じう)

  1. beast
Derived terms
Idioms

References

  1. 1 2 3 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.
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