猰

猰 · yà

a legendary man-eating animal

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
yà
Cantonese
aat3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a legendary man-eating animal

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21356.040:yà,jiá,qiè Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1321.070:yà Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
420.210:yà Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
アツ エチ エイ エツ カツ ケチ ケツ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
烏黠 古鎋 苦結 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KHQHK Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4723.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0715.070 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
489.31 491.15 495.36 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7330
Radical
犬 · 94
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7407

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
'eat · 烏黠 · 山開二入山影 · #3435
Middle Chinese
kaet · 古鎋 · 山開二入刪見 · #3461
Middle Chinese
khet · 苦結 · 山開四入先溪 · #3483

PHONO-ML, source line 17855; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
878.103
kDaeJaweon
1127.080
kHanYu
21356.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1127.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21356.040
kIRGKangXi
0715.070
kKangXi
0715.070
kMorohashi
20542 20542:E0100
kSBGY
489.31 491.15 495.36
kSMSZD2003Index
419.08
kCangjie
KHQHK
kFourCornerCode
4723.4
kMojiJoho
MJ017015 MJ017015:E0100 MJ017016:E0101
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-4446
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DA6F
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-017015
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5827
kIRG_KSource
K2-4721
kIRG_TSource
T2-3D73
kRSUnicode
94.9
kTotalStrokes
12
kBigFive
DA6F
kCCCII
225747
kCNS1986
2-3D73
kCNS1992
2-3D73
kGB3
3638
kTGH
2013:7407
kCantonese
aat3
kDefinition
a legendary man-eating animal
kFanqie
烏黠 古鎋 苦結
kHanyuPinyin
21356.040:yà,jiá,qiè
kJapanese
アツ エチ エイ エツ カツ ケチ ケツ
kMandarin
yà
kTGHZ2013
420.210:yà
kTang
qat
kXHC1983
1321.070:yà

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Structure & connections

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Shape description
犭 beside 契 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰犭契$(GHTKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰犭契$(GHTKP)

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