U+72C6, 狆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72C6

[U+72C5]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+72C7]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 94, 犬+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大竹中 (KHL), four-corner 45206, composition )

  1. Bouyei people
  2. Japanese Chin

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 708, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20293
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1120, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1336, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+72C6

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (historical) Bouyei (ethnic group)
    Synonym: 布依 (Bùyī)
  2. Japanese Chin, a breed of dog originated in Japan

Japanese

Glyph origin

Appeared from the Edo period. A 国字 (kokuji, Japanese-coined character), invented independently of Chinese (zhòng, Bouyei people).

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. name of an ethnic group had been living in Yunnan and Guizhou
  2. Japanese Chin, a breed of dog

Readings

  • Go-on: ちゅう (chū)ちゆう (tyuu, historical)
  • Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)ちゆう (tyuu, historical)
  • Kun: ちん (chin, )ちん (tin, , historical)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
ちん
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

According one theory, short for (ちい)さい(いぬ) (chīsai inu, small dog).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ちん) • (chinちん (tin)?

  1. Japanese Chin, a breed of dog originated in Japan

Derived terms

  • (ちん)(あな)() (chin-anago)
  • (ちん)くしゃ (chinkusha)
  • (ちん)ころ (chinkoro)
  • (ちん)(ねこ)(ばばあ) (chin neko babā)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 오랑캐 (orangkae jung))

  1. name of barbarians had been living in Yunnan and Guizhou