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Kanji Detail for 狸 - "tanuki, wild cat"

狸

  • Meaning

    狸 means "tanuki, wild cat."

    1. Raccoon dog - A mammal of the Canidae family.

    2. Cat - A wild cat; a mammal of the Felidae family.

  • Four-character idioms with 狸

    • 狐狸妖怪 こりようかい Listen tricksters; deceivers; fey creatures

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tanuki; raccoon

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    fox

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    raccoon dog; fox-like animal

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    fox

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A beast name. Closely resembles a fox. However, the fox's body is lean and long, the wild cat's body is fat and short. This is the difference.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rai(ライ) ライ

    ri(リ) リ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tanuki(たぬき) たぬき

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    犬 犭 (inu・kemonohen)

  • Related Keywords

    tanuki wild cat raccoon dog

Sentences including 狸

  • I pretended to be asleep.

  • Don't count your chickens.

  • Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

  • Are you counting your chickens before they are hatched?

  • He pretended to be asleep.

  • Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

  • It's obvious that Tom is just pretending to be asleep.

  • Apparently we can find Japanese speaking tanukis, koalas, foxes and rabbits here?

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