狸 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」
道準1University / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」
- On
- リ・ライ
- Kun
- たぬき
- Meaning
- raccoon dog (tanuki)
Origin
The beast radical with 里 as phonetic: the animal that lives near human settlements — the tanuki.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 狸たぬき
raccoon dog
- 狸寝入りたぬきねいり
feigning sleep
Example
狸寝入りをして返事をしない。
They feign sleep and give no answer.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)