2498 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: tanuki, raccoon
Kunyomi: たぬき
Onyomi: リ ライ
Composition: ⺨ 里
Radical: 犬
Meaning: dog
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
狸饂飩 (たぬきうどん) noodles with bits of deep-fried tempura batter
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