鬣

See also: 巤

鬣 U+9B23, 鬣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B23 ← 鬢 [U+9B22] CJK Unified Ideographs 鬤 → [U+9B24]

Translingual

Han character

鬣 (Kangxi radical 190, 髟+15, 25 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹女女女 (SHVVV), four-corner 7271₆, composition ⿱髟巤)

1. horse's mane
2. fin
3. human whiskers

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1457, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45613
• Dae Jaweon: page 1988, character 35
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4537, character 15
• Unihan data for U+9B23

Chinese

trad.		鬣
simp. #		鬣
alternative forms		巤 鬛 㲱 䝓 𣰫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鬣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
鑞	*raːb
蠟	*raːb
邋	*raːb, *rab
臘	*raːb
臈	*raːb
擸	*raːb, *rab
擖	*kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb
獵	*rab
躐	*rab
鬣	*rab
儠	*rab
犣	*rab
鱲	*rab
巤	*rab
獦	*klaːd, *rab

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liè (lie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liè
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴
    • Yale: lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lieh
    • Palladius: ле (le)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lip⁶
    • Yale: lihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ljep

Rime
Character	鬣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	葉 (155)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	良涉切
Baxter	ljep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liap̚/
Li Rong	/liɛp̚/
Wang Li	/lĭɛp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ɛp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lip6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rab/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鬣
Reading #	1/1
No.	8152
Phonetic component	巤
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	獵
Old Chinese	/*rab/

Definitions

鬣

1. beard; mane; whiskers; bristles; tuft; fins; needles

Compounds

• 長鬣 / 长鬣
• 馬鬣 / 马鬣 (mǎliè)
• 馬鬣封 / 马鬣封 (mǎlièfēng)
• 馬鬣松 / 马鬣松
• 鬣狗 (liègǒu)
• 鬣蜥 (lièxī)
• 鱗鬣 / 鳞鬣

References

• “鬣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮫋
Kyūjitai	鬣

Kanji

鬣

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮫋)

1. mane

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れふ (refu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れふ (refu, historical)}
• Kun: たてがみ (tategami, 鬣)

Compounds

• 鬣犬(たてがみいぬ) (tategamiinu): hyena

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鬣
たてがみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【たてがみ】 [noun] mane

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

Korean

Hanja

鬣 (eum 렵 (ryeop), word-initial (South Korea) 엽 (yeop))

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