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The Kanji Map

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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

狸

Radical

Radical: 犬

Meaning: dog

Reading: いぬ

Frequency: 444

Alternative forms:

犭(alt radical position hen)

犬

Examples

Onyomi Examples

海狸 (カイリ) beaver

狐狗狸 (コックリ) kokkuri, divination technique similar to table turning and planchette

Kunyomi Examples

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

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