Translingual

Han character

獣 (radical 94 犬+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火口戈大 (FRIK), composition ⿰⿱畄𠮛犬)

1. beast, animal
2. bestial

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 719, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20714
• Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1369, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7363

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 獸)

Readings

• Goon: しゅ (shu) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: しゅう (shū) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’yōon: じゅう (jū)
• Kun: けもの (kemono), けだもの (kedamono)

Etymology 1

Literally "thing of hair". Compound of 毛 ‎(ke, “hair”) +‎ だ ‎(da, genitive marker) +‎ 物 ‎(mono, “thing”).^[1][2] Medial -da- is a very rare genitive marker found in compounds, also seen in 果物 ‎(kudamono, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) けだもの [kèdámónó] (Heiban - [0])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞da̠mõ̞no̞]

Noun

獣 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 獸, hiragana けだもの, romaji kedamono)

1. an animal covered in fur, a beast
   • 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 6 (back))

     獸 ケタモノ

Etymology 2

Literally "hair thing". Compound of 毛 ‎(ke, “hair”) +‎ 物 ‎(mono, “thing”).^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) けもの [kèmónó] (Heiban - [0])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞mõ̞no̞]

Noun

獣 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 獸, hiragana けもの, romaji kemono)

1. an animal covered in fur, a beast

Derived terms

Etymology 3

From 肉 ‎(shishi, “meat, flesh”).^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) し​し [shíꜜshì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɕi]

Alternative forms

• 鹿, 猪

Noun

獣 ‎(hiragana しし, romaji shishi)

1. (archaic) a beast (used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)

Idioms

Etymology 4

/siu/ → /ɕiu/ → /d͡ʑiu/ → /d͡ʑuː/

From Middle Chinese 獸 ‎(syuw^H, “(wild) animal”). Compare modern Mandarin reading shòu, Min Nan siù.

Pronunciation

• Kan'yōyomi
• (Tokyo) じゅ​う [júꜜù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɯᵝː]

Noun

獣 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 獸, hiragana じゅう, romaji jū, historical hiragana じう)

1. beast

Derived terms

Idioms

References

1. 1 2 3 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 978-4-7629-3099-7, published 1979.