FOX    狐貍

RED BEAST which EATS MEAT, HAS FOUR LEGS AND a SHARP MOUTH. [VULPES]
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for a fox is hú 狐. 2. Lí 狸 refers to a wild-cat or badger of some sort but is often linked to the fox in ancient Chinese literature. See FELINE
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 ANIMALS 11. 狸，早期之稱。 貓狸，中古以後之稱。 狸貓，近古之稱。 貔狸，菲貓，指旱獺，嚙齒目的一種大型地棲松鼠。
Modern Chinese Criteria
狐 狐狸 玄邱校尉 赤狐 火狐 紅狐 玄狐 銀狐 白狐 北極狐 大狐 豐狐 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • FELINENIMBLE BEAST which HAS FOUR LEGS, SHARP CLAWS, AND ROUND HEAD.
  • DOGCOMMON DOMESTIC OR WILD ANIMAL which HAS FOUR LEGS. [BIOLOGY; CANIS]
Hypernym
  • BEAST　BIG WILD VERTEBRATE. (anc: 7/0, child: 12)
  • VERTEBRATE　ANIMAL which HAS a SPINE BONE. (anc: 6/0, child: 2)
  • ANIMAL　CREATURE ABLE to FEEL AND MOVE. (anc: 5/0, child: 12)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 3.74

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 211

    Fuchs;

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 2000) p. 744

    Fuchs; weisser Fuchs, Fuchs, Neunschwaenziger:

    F usefully lists depictions of foxes, including the nine-tailed variety.

  • Dictionnaire culturel en langue francaise ( REY 2005) p. 4.150

  • Encyclopedia of Religion ( JONES 2005) p.

    • Words (3 items)

    狐  hú OC: ɡʷaa MC: ɦuo̝ 20 Attributions

    The general word for a fox is hú 狐.

      Syntactic words
    • nfox
    • nadVanalogylike a fox
    • nmadNmade of fox-hide
    貍  lí OC: ɡ-rɯ MC: lɨ 0 Attributions

    Lí 狸 refers to a wild-cat or badger of some sort but is often linked to the fox in ancient Chinese literature. See FELINE

      Syntactic words
    狉  pī MC: -- OC: -- 0 Attributions

    pī

      Syntactic words
    • npost-Han: fox-cub