獽

獽 U+737D, 獽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-737D ← 獼 [U+737C] CJK Unified Ideographs 獾 → [U+737E]

Translingual

Han character

獽 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 大竹卜口女 (KHYRV), four-corner 4023₂, composition ⿰犭襄)

1. a type of monkey or ape
2. one of the minorities in ancient China, mainly distributed in Sichuan province today

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 721, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20789
• Dae Jaweon: page 1133, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1378, character 9
• Unihan data for U+737D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		獽

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
囊	*naːŋ
蠰	*naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ
曩	*naːŋʔ
灢	*naːŋʔ, *naːŋs
儾	*naːŋs
孃	*naŋ, *njaŋ
瓤	*naŋ, *njaŋ
鑲	*naŋ, *njaŋ
釀	*naŋs
瓖	*snaŋ, *snaŋ
驤	*snaŋ
襄	*snaŋ
纕	*snaŋ
忀	*snaŋ
欀	*snaŋ, *njaŋs
饟	*hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs
攘	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs
禳	*njaŋ
穰	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
躟	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
瀼	*njaŋ
獽	*njaŋ
儴	*njaŋ
蘘	*njaŋ
鬤	*njaŋ, *rnaːŋ
勷	*njaŋ
壤	*njaŋʔ
嚷	*njaŋʔ
讓	*njaŋs
懹	*njaŋs
攮	*rnoːŋʔ

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	獽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	汝陽切
Baxter	nyang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ȵiaŋ/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ráng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獽
Reading #	1/1
No.	13637
Phonetic component	襄
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	穰
Old Chinese	/*njaŋ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ráng (rang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ráng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ráng
    • Wade–Giles: jang²
    • Yale: ráng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rang
    • Palladius: жан (žan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴
    • Yale: yèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyang

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njaŋ/

Definitions

獽

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of ape
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) one of the minorities in ancient China