鼬

鼬 U+9F2C, 鼬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F2C ← 鼫 [U+9F2B] CJK Unified Ideographs 鼭 → [U+9F2D]

Translingual

Han character

鼬 (Kangxi radical 208, 鼠+5, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹女中田 (HVLW), four-corner 7571₆, composition ⿰鼠由 or ⿺鼠由)

1. Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1528, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48427
• Dae Jaweon: page 2064, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4773, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9F2C

Chinese

trad.		鼬
simp. #		鼬
alternative forms		𲀋

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Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
袖	*ljɯwɢs
岫	*ljɯwɢs
牰	*ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
抽	*l̥ʰɯw
妯	*l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
紬	*l'ɯw
怞	*l'ɯw
鮋	*l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗	*rlɯw
宙	*l'ɯwɢs
胄	*l'ɯwɢs
冑	*l'ɯwɢs
伷	*l'ɯwɢs
駎	*l'ɯwɢs
油	*lɯw, *lɯwɢs
由	*lɯw
蚰	*lɯw
秞	*lɯw
邮	*lɯw
釉	*lɯwɢs
柚	*lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
鼬	*lɯwɢs
苖	*l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛	*l'ɯːwɢ
迪	*l'ɯːwɢ
頔	*l'ɯːwɢ
軸	*l'ɯwɢ
舳	*l'ɯwɢ

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lɯwɢs): semantic 鼠 (“rat”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	鼬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	余救切
Baxter	yuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/jiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/iəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/juwH/
Li Rong	/iuH/
Wang Li	/jĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鼬
Reading #	1/1
No.	15533
Phonetic component	由
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	狖
Old Chinese	/*lɯwɢs/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòu (you⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁶ / jau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
    • Wade–Giles: yu⁴
    • Yale: yòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
    • Palladius: ю (ju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jau⁶ / jau²
    • Yale: yauh / yáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁶ / jau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁶ / yeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²²/, /jɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iū
    • Tâi-lô: iū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: yuwH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*lɯwɢs/

Definitions

鼬

1. weasel
2. (by extension) mustelid

Compounds

• 白鼬 (báiyòu)
• 臭鼬 (chòuyòu, “skunk”)
• 袋鼬 (dàiyòu, “quoll”)
• 青鼬 (qīngyòu)
• 髟鼬
• 黃鼬 / 黄鼬 (huángyòu)
• 鼬鯊 / 鼬鲨 (yòushā, “tiger shark”)
• 鼬鼠 (yòushǔ)

References

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