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貉

hé

Character

What 貉 means

1. raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
2. raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki)
3. also pr. háo

Other readings

貉 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• mòold term for northern peoples; silent

Example sentences

• 咱俩是一丘之貉。
  We're birds of a feather.
• 咱俩也就是一丘之貉。
  Zánliǎ yějiùshì yīqiūzhīhé.
  Apparently we're just two peas in a pod.

Words starting with 貉

• 貉子háo ziraccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan…
• 貉绒háo róngprecious fur obtained from skin of raccoon dog after removing hard bristle

Words containing 貉

• 一丘之貉yī qiū zhī héjackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.

Characters built on 各

These share the phonetic component 各 (gè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 客kècustomer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
• 阁gépavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir
• 咯gē(phonetic)
• 胳gēarmpit
• 恪kèrespectful; scrupulous
• 铬gèchromium (chemistry)
• 骼géused in 骨骼

Sounds the same

Read hé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 和(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 河river; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 合to close; to join; to fit
• 何what; how; why
• 盒small box; case
• 核pit; stone; nucleus
• 阂obstruct
• 荷lotus
• 禾(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
• 阖door; to close; whole
• 曷why; how; when
• 劾to impeach