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Kanji Detail for 鼬 - "weasel"
鼬
- Meaning
鼬 means "weasel."
Weasel - A mammal of the family Mustelidae.
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The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
weasel; skunk; ermine
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
weasel, Mustela itatsi
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(zoology) weasel
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
weasel, mustela itatis
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An animal name. Body about a foot long. Either reddish-brown or yellow. Four limbs are short and small. Its movement is flexible and free. Can pass through crevices like a snake. Good at catching rats. Goes out at night and likes to steal people's chickens. When chased and cornered, its anal glands can release a foul odor. Makes people unable to endure it so it can escape. Colloquially called 黃鼠狼 (yellow rat wolf/weasel). Its fur can be made into brushes. Called 狼毫 (wolf hair).
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