獣

獣 (radical 94, 犬+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火口戈大 (FRIK), composition ⿰⿱畄𠮛犬)

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 719, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20714
• Dae Jaweon: page 1130, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1369, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7363

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 獸)

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: じゅう (jū, Jōyō)^{←じう (ziu, historical)}
• Kun: けもの (kemono, 獣, Jōyō); けだもの (kedamono, 獣)

Literally "thing of hair". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) +‎ だ (da, genitive marker) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2] Medial -da- is a very rare genitive marker found in compounds, also seen in 果物 (kudamono, “fruit”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) けだもの [kèdámónó] (Heiban – [0])[3][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ke̞da̠mo̞no̞]

獣 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 獸, hiragana けだもの, rōmaji kedamono)

1. an animal covered in fur, a beast
   • 1079, Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (page 6 (back))

     獸 ケタモノ

Literally "hair thing". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) けもの [kèmónó] (Heiban – [0])[3][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ke̞mo̞no̞]

獣 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 獸, hiragana けもの, rōmaji kemono)

1. an animal covered in fur, a beast
   • 1999 February 4, “ダーク・グレイ [Dark Gray]”, in Vol.1, Konami:

     からだが灰 (はい)色 (いろ)のけもの。あまり見 (み)かけない貴 (き)重 (ちょう)ないきもの。

     Karada ga haiiro no kemono. Amari mikakenai kichō na ikimono.

     A beast with a gray body. It is a rarely seen treasure of nature.

   • 1999 July 5, “モン・ラーバス [Mon Larvas]”, in BOOSTER 3, Konami:

     ラーバスがより進 (しん)化 (か)したけもの。力 (ちから)がパワーアップしている。

     Rābasu ga yori shinka shita kemono. Chikara ga pawā-appu shiteiru.

     A beast who evolved from Larvas and is now even more powerful.

From 肉 (shishi, “meat, flesh”).[1][2]

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) し​し [shíꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiɕi]

• 鹿, 猪

獣 (hiragana しし, rōmaji shishi)

1. (archaic) a beast (used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)

/siu/ → /ɕiu/ → /d͡ʑiu/ → /d͡ʑuː/

From Middle Chinese 獸 (syuw^H, “(wild) animal”). Compare modern Mandarin reading shòu, Min Nan siù.

• Kan’yōyomi
  • (Tokyo) じゅ​う [júꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨᵝː]

獣 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 獸, hiragana じゅう, rōmaji jū, historical hiragana じう)

1. beast

• Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.