2498 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: tanuki, raccoon
Kunyomi: たぬき
Onyomi: リ, ライ
Composition: 犭 里
Radical: 犬
Meaning: dog
Reading: いぬ
Frequency: 444
Alternative forms:
海狸 (カイリ) beaver
狐狗狸 (コックリ) kokkuri, divination technique similar to table turning and planchette
狸 (たぬき) tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides), raccoon dog, sly dog, sly old fox, sly fox, cunning devil, sly person
【タヌキアヤメ】 (wooly frogsmouth (Philydrum lanuginosum), wooly waterlily)
同じ穴の狸 (おなじあなのたぬき) (villains) of the same stripe, birds of a feather, raccoon dogs of the same hole