獺

See also: 獭

獺 U+737A, 獺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-737A ← 獹 [U+7379] CJK Unified Ideographs 獻 → [U+737B]

獺 U+2F928, 獺 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F928 ← 𤠔 [U+2F927] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 王 → [U+2F929]

Translingual

Han character

獺 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 大竹木中金 (KHDLC), four-corner 4728₆, composition ⿰犭賴)

Derived characters

• 𤅂

Related characters

• 獭 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 721, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20782
• Dae Jaweon: page 1133, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1377, character 4
• Unihan data for U+737A

• Unihan data for U+2F928

Chinese

trad.		獺
simp.		獭
alternative forms		㺚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
賴	*raːds
籟	*raːds
癩	*raːds, *raːd
瀨	*raːds
藾	*raːds
攋	*raːds, *reːdʔ, *raːd
懶	*raːnʔ
嬾	*raːnʔ
獺	*r̥ʰaːd, *hr'aːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *r̥ʰaːd, *hr'aːd) : phonetic 賴 (OC *raːds) + semantic 犬 (“dog”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǎ, tà

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄚˇ, ㄊㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caat³ / taat³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thoah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tuah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa³
    • Yale: tǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taa
    • Palladius: та (ta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tà
    • Wade–Giles: tʻa⁴
    • Yale: tà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tah
    • Palladius: та (ta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caat³ / taat³
    • Yale: chaat / taat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaat⁸ / taat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: cad³ / tad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːt̚³/, /tʰaːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoah
    • Tâi-lô: thuah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰuaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰuaʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tuah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thuah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuaʔ²/

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• Middle Chinese: that, trhaet

Rime
Character	獺	獺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)	黠 (71)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	他達切	他鎋切
Baxter	that	trhaet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑt̚/	/ʈʰˠat̚/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑt̚/	/ʈʰᵚat̚/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑt̚/	/ȶʰɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰat̚/	/ʈʰaɨt̚/
Li Rong	/tʰɑt̚/	/ȶʰat̚/
Wang Li	/tʰɑt̚/	/ȶʰat̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰɑt̚/	/ȶʰăt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ta	cha
Expected Cantonese Reflex	taat3	caat3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥ˤat/, /*[m-r̥]ˤat/

  (Zhengzhang): /*r̥ʰaːd/, /*hr'aːd/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	獺	獺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tǎ	tǎ
Middle Chinese	‹ that ›	‹ trhæt ›
Old Chinese	/*r̥ˁat/	/*[m-r̥]ˁat/
English	otter	otter
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獺	獺
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7640	7643
Phonetic component	賴	賴
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	闥	獺
Old Chinese	/*r̥ʰaːd/	/*hr'aːd/

Definitions

獺

1. otter

   • 獺入于淵 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     獭入于渊 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Yang Xiong, The Canon of Supreme Mystery, 2 BCE

     tǎ rù yú yuān [Pinyin]

     Otters dive into the deep

Compounds

• 旱獺 / 旱獭 (hàntǎ)
• 水獺 / 水獭 (shuǐtǎ)
• 海獺 / 海獭 (hǎitǎ)
• 猵獺 / 猵獭
• 獺祭 / 獭祭
• 獺祭魚 / 獭祭鱼

Japanese

Kanji

獺

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. otter

Readings

• Go-on: たち (tachi)
• Kan-on: たつ (tatsu)
• Kan’yō-on: だつ (datsu)
• Kun: うそ (uso, 獺)、おそ (oso, 獺)^{←をそ (woso, 獺, historical)}、かわうそ (kawauso, 獺)^{←かはうそ (kafauso, 獺, historical)}、かわおそ (kawaoso, 獺)^{←かはをそ (kafawoso, 獺, historical)}

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
獺
おそ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
獺
うそ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うそ [úꜜsò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟so̞]

• Homophones: 嘘, 鷽

Noun

獺(うそ) • (uso)  (alternative reading hiragana おそ, rōmaji oso, historical hiragana をそ)

1. an otter

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
獺
かわおそ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
獺
かわうそ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 獺 – see the following entry.

【川獺かわうそ】 [noun] an otter (mammal) Alternative spelling カワウソ 【川獺かわおそ】 [noun] an otter (mammal) Alternative spelling カワオソ

(This term, 獺, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 獺 (MC that).

Recorded as Middle Korean 타ᇙ〮 (Yale: thalq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 달〮 (tál) (Yale: tal) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

獺 (eumhun 수달 달 (sudal dal))

1. hanja form^? of 달 (“otter”)

Compounds

• 수달 (水獺, sudal, “otter”)
• 산달 (山獺, sandal, “raccoon dog”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

獺: Hán Nôm readings: thát, rái

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