猊

猊 U+730A, 猊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-730A
← 猉
[U+7309] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 猋 →
[U+730B]

Translingual

Han character

猊 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹難山 (KHHXU), four-corner 47217, composition ⿰犭兒)

  1. lion
  2. wild beast
  3. wild horse

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 712, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20468
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1124, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1353, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+730A

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 猊
alternative forms 貎

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (兒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
掜 *rŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
誽 *rŋeː
倪 *ŋeː
蜺 *ŋeː, *ŋeː
霓 *ŋeː, *ŋeːs, *ŋeː
郳 *ŋeː
齯 *ŋeː
婗 *ŋeː
輗 *ŋeː
棿 *ŋeː
猊 *ŋeː
麑 *ŋeː
貎 *ŋeː
鯢 *ŋeː
兒 *ŋeː, *ŋje
觬 *ŋeː, *ŋeːʔ
堄 *ŋeːʔ, *ŋeːs
晲 *ŋeːʔ
睨 *ŋeːs
唲 *ŋje
隉 *ŋeːd
鶂 *ŋeːɡ
鬩 *ɦŋeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋeː) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 兒 (OC *ŋeː, *ŋje)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 猊
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 五稽切
Baxter ngej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ŋei/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ŋei/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ŋɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ŋɛj/
Li
Rong		 /ŋei/
Wang
Li		 /ŋiei/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ŋiei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ngai4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 猊
Reading # 1/1
No. 2744
Phonetic
component		 兒
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 倪
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋeː/

Definitions

猊

  1. Used in 狻猊 (suānní) and 唐猊 (tángní).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
猊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. lion
  2. the seat of a famous priest

Readings
  • Kan-on: げい (gei)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

猊 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

猊: Hán Việt readings: nghê[1][2][3][4][5]
猊: Nôm readings: nghê[1][2], nghé[2]

  1. chữ Hán form of nghê (“legendary lion and dragon hybrid”).
  2. Nôm form of nghé (“water buffalo calf, the cry of such an animal”).

References
  1. Nguyễn (2014).
  2. Trần (2004).
  3. Trần (1999).
  4. Nguyễn (1974).
  5. Thiều Chửu (1942).
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