鼬 — yu

Parts that make up 鼬

How 鼬 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 鼬 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 鼠, 由.

Japanese words with 鼬

• 鼬イタチ weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
• 鎌鼬かまいたち cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
• 鼬鮫イタチザメ tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
• 鼬魚いたちうお goatsbeard brotula (species of ophidiiform fish, Brotula multibarbata)
• 鼬萩いたちはぎ false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa); bastard indigo; leadwort
• 猫鼬ねこいたち mongoose
• 毛長鼬けながいたち polecat (Mustela putorius); ferret; fitch
• 朝鮮鼬ちょうせんいたち Korean yellow weasel (Mustela sibirica coreana)
• 日本鼬にほんいたち Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi)
• 鼬穴熊いたちあなぐま ferret badger (esp. the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata)
• 鎧鼬魚よろいいたちうお snubnose brotula; armoured cusk (Hoplobrotula armata)
• 黒足鼬クロアシイタチ black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes); American polecat; prairie dog hunter

Characters sharing the phonetic 由

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “유”

Other hanja with radical 鼠