狢

狢 (radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹水口 (KHHER), composition ⿰犭各)

1. animal name

• KangXi: page 710, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20366
• Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1345, character 6
• Unihan data for U+72E2

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 貉)

1. badger
2. raccoon dog

• Go-on: がく (gaku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku)
• Kun: むじな (mujina, 狢)

A 狢 (mujina) from the 和漢三才図会 (Wakan Sansai Zue)

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) むじな [mùjíná] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝʑina̠]

狢 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 貉, hiragana むじな, katakana ムジナ, rōmaji mujina)

1. Synonym of 穴熊 (anaguma): a badger
2. (regional) Synonym of 狸 (tanuki): a raccoon dog

   from the similarity of its fur color compared to a badger

3. (mythology) a yōkai that shapeshifts and deceives humans

• 狢 (ムジナ)藻 (モ) (mujinamo, “waterwheel plant”, Aldrovanda vesiculosa)

• 一 (ひと)つ穴 (あな)の狢 (むじな) (hitotsu ana no mujina)
• 同 (おな)じ穴 (あな)の狢 (むじな) (onaji ana no mujina)

Shift from mujina above.[2]

狢 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 貉, hiragana もじな, rōmaji mojina)

1. (regional) Same as むじな (mujina) above

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]

Possibly a shift from mujina above.

狢 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 貉, hiragana うじな, rōmaji ujina)

1. (obsolete) Same as むじな (mujina) above

狢 • (hak) (hangeul 학, revised hak, McCune–Reischauer hak, Yale hak)

1. (오소리 학, osori-): badger

• 貒 (단, dan)

• 狢 (むじな, mujina) badger, raccoon dog
• 狸 (たぬき, tanuki) raccoon dog, badger
• 狸 (너구리=리, neoguri=ri) raccoon dog