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Glyph origin
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Etymology
From some language ancestral to modern 🇨🇬 languages, from, perhaps from.

Alternatively, STEDT derives this from, whence also.

Less likely, it may be related to, ,.

Definitions



 * 1) dog
 * 2)  something or someone unpleasant
 * 3)  a miserable person
 * 4)  police; pig; po-po
 * 5)  to flatter
 * 6)  cunning
 * 7)  cub; young bear or tiger
 * 1)  a miserable person
 * 2)  police; pig; po-po
 * 3)  to flatter
 * 4)  cunning
 * 5)  cub; young bear or tiger
 * 1)  police; pig; po-po
 * 2)  to flatter
 * 3)  cunning
 * 4)  cub; young bear or tiger
 * 1)  cunning
 * 2)  cub; young bear or tiger

Synonyms




Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) puppy, dog
 * 2) a sentinel
 * 3) a snoop or spy
 * 4) useless, wasteful

Compounds

 * : golden eagle
 * : dog meat
 * : dog's barking, or the voice thereof
 * : long-nosed goblin; braggart

Etymology 2
First cited to the  of 934.

Ultimate derivation. Theories include a fusion of +, an ancient nativized borrowing from  , in turn, from , or an unraised vowel extension of.

Noun

 * 1)  a puppy or dog

Usage notes
Obsolete. Not listed in most dictionaries.