"獣" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common], [kyūjitai]
  1. Tags: kanji, no-gloss, shinjitai

Noun

IPA: [ke̞da̠mo̞no̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (けだもの)), kedamono [romanization]
Etymology: table Literally "thing of hair". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) + だ (da, genitive marker) + 物 (mono, “thing”). Medial -da- is a very rare genitive marker found in compounds, also seen in 果物 (kudamono, “fruit”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|kedamono}} table, {{compound|ja|毛|だ|物|pos2=genitive marker|sort=けだもの|t1=hair|t3=thing|tr1=ke|tr2=da|tr3=mono}} 毛 (ke, “hair”) + だ (da, genitive marker) + 物 (mono, “thing”), {{m|ja|果物||fruit|tr=kudamono}} 果物 (kudamono, “fruit”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|けだもの}} 獣(けだもの) • (kedamono)
  1. an animal covered in fur, a beast
    Sense id: en-獣-ja-noun-Sf9T9Smx Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 17 17 32 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ke̞mo̞no̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (けもの)), kemono [romanization]
Etymology: table Literally "hair thing". Compound of 毛 (ke, “hair”) + 物 (mono, “thing”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|kemono}} table, {{compound|ja|毛|物|sort=けもの|t1=hair|t2=thing|tr1=ke|tr2=mono}} 毛 (ke, “hair”) + 物 (mono, “thing”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|けもの}} 獣(けもの) • (kemono)
  1. an animal covered in fur, a beast Derived forms: 獣耳: kemonomimi (kemonomimi) (ruby: (けもの), (みみ)), 獣道 (kemonomichi) (ruby: (けもの), (みち))
    Sense id: en-獣-ja-noun-Sf9T9Smx1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 17 17 32 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [ɕiɕi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しし)), shishi [romanization]
Etymology: table From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. From Proto-Japonic *sisi. Cognate with 肉 (shishi, “meat of a beast”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ja|shishi}} table, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=しし}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*sisi|sort=しし}} Proto-Japonic *sisi, {{m|ja|肉|t=meat of a beast|tr=shishi}} 肉 (shishi, “meat of a beast”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しし}} 獣(しし) • (shishi)
  1. (archaic) a beast (used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer) Tags: archaic Related terms: 獣食った報い (shishi kutta mukui) (ruby: (しし), (), (むく))
    Sense id: en-獣-ja-noun-sbd~Knfr Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 13 13 47 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 0 12 12 51 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 12 12 51 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 17 17 32 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 13 13 46 27 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 12 12 53 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑɨᵝː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (じゅう)), [romanization], ziu [romanization], じう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /siu/ → /ɕiu/ → /d͡ʑiu/ → /d͡ʑuː/ From Middle Chinese 獸/兽 (syuwᴴ, “(wild) animal”). Compare modern Mandarin reading shòu, Min Nan siù. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=じゅう}} Middle Chinese, {{m|zh|獸||(wild) animal|tr=syuwᴴ}} 獸/兽 (syuwᴴ, “(wild) animal”), {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{cog|nan|-}} Min Nan Head templates: {{ja-noun|じゅう|hhira=じう}} 獣(じゅう) • (jū) ^(←じう (ziu)?)
  1. beast Derived forms: 一角獣: a unicorn (ikkakujū) (ruby: (いっ), (かく), (じゅう)), 益獣 (ekijū) (ruby: (えき), (じゅう)) (english: beneficial animal), 怪獣: a monster (kaijū) (ruby: (かい), (じゅう)) (english: generally a big animal monster, like Godzilla or Mothra), 害獣 (gaijū) (ruby: (がい), (じゅう)) (english: harmful animal), 麝香獣: moschiferous animal (musk deer, civet, etc) (ruby: (じゃ), (こう), (じゅう)), 獣医 (jūi) (ruby: (じゅう), ()) (english: a veterinarian), 獣姦: bestiality (jūkan) (ruby: (じゅう), (かん)) (english: sexual activity), 尾獣 (bijū) (ruby: (), (じゅう)) (english: tailed beast), 雷獣 (raijū) (ruby: (らい), (じゅう)) (english: a thunder beast) Related terms: 獣を逐う者は目に太山を見ず (jū o ou mono wa me ni taizan o mizu) (ruby: (じゅう), (), (もの), (), (たい), (ざん), ())
    Sense id: en-獣-ja-noun-G~QXvYcW Categories (other): Japanese terms with multiple readings Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 17 17 32 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Download JSON data for 獣 meaning in Japanese (10.1kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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