貘

貘 · mò

tapir

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
mò
Cantonese
mak6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

tapir

Dictionary definitions & readings

貘 mò · tapir

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63915.160:mò Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0802.080:mò Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
257.130:mò Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
mò粵mak6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
バク ミャク Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
맥:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
莫白 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
BHTAK Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2423.4 4423.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1203.110 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
509.52 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8C98
Radical
豸 · 153
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6269

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
貘
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
maek · 莫白 · 梗開二入庚明 · #3594

PHONO-ML, source line 18651; 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
1267.405
kDaeJaweon
1664.220
kHanYu
63915.160
kIRGDaeJaweon
1664.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63915.160
kIRGKangXi
1203.110
kKangXi
1203.110
kMatthews
4384
kMorohashi
36621:E0102
kNelson
4484
kSBGY
509.52
kSMSZD2003Index
662.06
kCangjie
BHTAK
kFourCornerCode
2423.4 4423.4
kMojiJoho
MJ024988 MJ024988:E0101 MJ024989:E0102
kPhonetic
921
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7578
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F0F1
kIRG_JSource
J0-6C42
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-78D9
kIRG_KSource
K1-603A
kIRG_TSource
T2-635C
kRSUnicode
153.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
F0F1
kCCCII
23363C
kCNS1986
2-635C
kCNS1992
2-635C
kEACC
2D5963
kGB0
8588
kGB1
8588
kJis0
7634
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:6269
kXerox
321:145
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6755+153.7.10
kCantonese
mak6
kDefinition
tapir
kFanqie
莫白
kHangul
맥:1N
kHanyuPinyin
63915.160:mò
kJapanese
バク ミャク
kJapaneseKun
BAKU
kJapaneseOn
BAKU MYAKU
kKorean
MAYK
kMandarin
mò
kSMSZD2003Readings
mò粵mak6
kTGHZ2013
257.130:mò
kXHC1983
0802.080:mò

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 貘0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
豸 beside 莫 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰豸莫$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰豸莫$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.