狛

狛 U+72DB, 狛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72DB
← 狚
[U+72DA] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 狜 →
[U+72DC]

Translingual

Han character

狛 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹竹日 (KHHA), composition ⿰犭白)

Derived characters
  • 𬨯

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 709, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20349
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1340, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+72DB

Chinese

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 狛

Pronunciation

Definitions

狛

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Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 狛 – see 貊 (“name of a tribe in northern China; a kind of beast”).
(This character is a variant form of 貊).

Japanese

Alternative forms
Kanji in this term
狛
こま
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
  • (something originally imported from Korea, Goguryeo): 高麗

Kanji
狛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Goguryeo
  2. Short for 狛犬 (komainu): lion dog statues found in Shinto shrines

Readings
  • Go-on: はく (haku)
  • Kan-on: はく (haku)
  • Kun: こま (koma, 狛)

Etymology

From 高麗 (Koma, “Goguryeo”).

Pronunciation

Noun

狛(こま) • (koma) 

  1. Short for 狛犬 (komainu): lion dog statues found in Shinto shrines

Prefix

狛(こま) • (koma-) 

  1. indicates something that was originally imported via the Korean Peninsula

Derived terms
Derived terms

Proper noun

狛(こま) • (Koma) 

  1. (historical) the Goguryeo kingdom, located on the Korean Peninsula 37 BCE–668 CE
  2. a place name
  3. a female given name
  4. a surname

Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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