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犢 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 竹手土田金 (HQGWC), four-corner 2458₆, composition ⿰牜賣 or ⿰牜𧶠)

1. calf
2. victim of sacrifice

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 704, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20196
• Dae Jaweon: page 1117, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1821, character 2
• Unihan data for U+72A2

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'oːɡ) : semantic 牛 (“ox”) + phonetic 𧶠 (OC *luɡ).

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luk (“sheep”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). Cognate with 羭 (OC *lo, “sheep”), Tibetan ལུག (lug, “sheep”).

Other etymologies have been proposed:

• Boodberg (1937) relates it to Tibetan ཕྲུག (phrug, “calf”), which Schuessler (2007) deems unlikely.
• Norman (1988) suggests that it may be a loan from Mongolic or Tungusic; compare Mongolian ᠲᠤᠭᠤᠯ (tuɣul, “calf”), Manchu ᡨᡠᡴᡧᠠᠨ (tukšan, “calf”). This is an unlikely etymology due to recent developments in the reconstruction of Old Chinese, where *l- (rather than older reconstructions with *d-) would be a poor match for Mongolic/Tungusic t-, as well as new archaeological evidence suggesting that the word is likely older than previously assumed (Miyake, 2017; Cao, 2021).
• It could also be related to 畜 (OC *l̥ʰuɡs, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ, “to nourish; domestic animal”) (Schuessler, 2007).

犢

1. calf (young cow or bull)

   • 天子適諸侯，諸侯膳以犢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天子适诸侯，诸侯膳以犊。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Tiānzǐ shì zhūhóu, zhūhóu shàn yǐ dú. [Pinyin]

     When the Son of Heaven visits a feudal lord, the lord offers him a calf for food.

2. a surname

犢

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 㸿)

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• Go-on: どく (doku)
• Kan-on: とく (toku)
• Kun: こうし (koushi, 犢)

犢 • (dok) (hangeul 독, revised dok, McCune–Reischauer tok, Yale tok)

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