獏

獏	U+734F, 獏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-734F

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Translingual

Han character

獏 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+11 in traditional Chinese, 犬+10 in simplified Chinese, 14 strokes in traditional Chinese, 13 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 大竹廿日大 (KHTAK), composition ⿰犭莫)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 717, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20638
Dae Jaweon: page 1129, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1362, character 4
Unihan data for U+734F

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 獏 – see 貘 (“tapir; a fantastical chimeric beast; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 貘).

Japanese

Kanji

獏

(Hyōgai kanji)

tapir

Readings

Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
Kan-on: ばく (baku)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
獏
ばく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
貘

From Middle Chinese 貘 (MC maek). Sense "a tapir" borrowed from modern Chinese languages, from an 1824 misinterpretation by Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat of a chimera found in Classical Chinese texts.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ばく [báꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟]

Noun

獏(ばく) or 獏(バク) • (baku)

baku: a spirit that feeds on nightmares
- 2002 July 27, Mashiba, Shin, “第(だい)壱(いち)夜(や)　下(クダ)リ階(カイ)段(ダン) [Night 1: Downward Stairway]”, in 夢(ゆめ)喰(くい)見(けん)聞(ぶん) [The Dream-Eating Inspector], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Square Enix, page 5:
  そいつの名(な)前(まえ)は蛭(ヒル)孤(コ)　悪(あく(・))夢(む(・))を糧(かて)とし生(い)きる　「貘(ばく)」である。
  Soitsu no namae wa Hiruko AKUMU o kate toshi ikiru “Baku” de aru.
  His name is Hiruko. He feeds on NIGHTMARES. He is a “baku”.
a tapir

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as バク (baku).

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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