狸

Glyph origin
. Originally an unorthodox variant of the character.

Etymology
. Here some proposals:


 *  and  consider it to be one among many dialectal words for, which however is a different word  (see there).


 * (apud ) connects it to 🇨🇬 pli ~ ple "cat".


 * minimally reconstructs from *pʰrə ~ *pʰə-rə and proposes possible  etymology and compares it to 🇨🇬 (see also ); he also sees potential cognacy with 🇨🇬,,  - all meaning "cat" - if those were from *ryi-mi; additionally,  (< *zhi?) is possibly equivalent to Old Chinese dialectal forms with initial *pʰ- (e.g.  <  *pʰiə < OC *pʰrə or ); in that case, the original Chinese word might have been a compound:  "(large) cat and small cat"; even so, see  for possible Indic influence on Tibetan byi ~ pi (ibid.).


 * STEDT reconstructs and proposes cognacy with, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, etc.

Definitions

 * 1) leopard cat
 * 2) raccoon dog
 * 3)  cat
 * 1)  cat

Kanji

 * 1) raccoon dog
 * 2) wild cat

Etymology 1


According to one theory, derived from, which raccoon dog hide was sometimes used for.

Noun

 * 1) a raccoon dog,
 * 2)  a person who pretends to be good but in fact is cunning
 * 3)  and : styles of various noodle dishes
 * 4)   pretending to be asleep
 * 5)   a soup made from tanuki meat mixed with daikon, burdock root, etc.
 * 1)  a person who pretends to be good but in fact is cunning
 * 2)  and : styles of various noodle dishes
 * 3)   pretending to be asleep
 * 4)   a soup made from tanuki meat mixed with daikon, burdock root, etc.
 * 1)   pretending to be asleep
 * 2)   a soup made from tanuki meat mixed with daikon, burdock root, etc.
 * 1)   a soup made from tanuki meat mixed with daikon, burdock root, etc.

Etymology 2
→ * →

From.

Noun

 * 1)  a raccoon dog
 * 2)  the hair of a raccoon dog, used for making brushes
 * 1)  the hair of a raccoon dog, used for making brushes

Etymology 3
Cognate with tanuki above.

Considered to be a result of irregular apophony in the medieval times.

Noun

 * 1)  a raccoon dog
 * 2)   and : styles of various noodle dishes
 * 1)   and : styles of various noodle dishes
 * 1)   and : styles of various noodle dishes

Hanja

 * 1) (너구리 리, neoguri-): raccoon dog

Synonyms

 * (산달, sandal)

Noun

 * 1) raccoon dog