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{{also|獣|兽}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==
{{Han simplified forms|獸|獣|兽}}

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=94|rad=犬|as=15|sn=19|four=63634|canj=RRIK,XRRIK|ids=⿰嘼犬}}

====References====
* {{Han ref|kx=0721.030|dkj=20775|dj=1132.190|hdz=21375.050|uh=7378|ud=29560|bh=C37E|bd=50046}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|s=兽}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etyl}}
{{Han compound|ls=ic|單|犬|t1=hunting weapon|t2=dog}} – "hunting". {{lang|zh|口}} was added later (see {{lang|zh|[[嘼#Glyph_origin|嘼]]}}).

===Etymology===
Exopassive of {{och-l|狩|to hunt}}, literally "what is hunted" ({{zh-ref|Schuessler, 2007}}). Speculatively, {{och-l|獸}} can be compared with {{cog|bo|འཆོར་བ||to hunt}} ({{zh-ref|ibid.}}).

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=shòu
|m-s=
|c=sau3
|c-t=ciu1
|g=
|h=pfs=chhu;gd=cu4
|j=
|mb=siu̿
|md=séu
|mn=siù
|mn-t=siu3
|w=sh:5seu
|x=
|mc=y
|oc=y
|ma=y
|cat=n,a
}}

===Definitions===
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[beast]]; [[animal]]
#* {{zh-x|庖 有 肥肉，廄 有 肥 馬，民 有 飢色，野 有 餓莩，此 率{shuài} 獸 而 食 人 也。獸 相 食，且 人 惡{wù} 之。|In your kitchen there is fat meat; in your stables there are fat horses. But your people have the look of hunger, and on the wilds there are those who have died of famine. This is leading on '''beasts''' to devour men. '''Beasts''' devour one another, and men hate them for doing so.|ref=Mencius}}
# [[bestial]]
# {{lb|zh|subculture}} [[furry]]
#: {{zh-co|獸迷|Furry fandom}}

====Compounds====
{{col3|zh|獸姦|噴香獸|孤獸|怪獸|困獸之鬥|如鳥獸散|害獸|人面獸心|困獸|困獸猶鬥|獸醫學|百獸|禽獸|獸心人面|獸性|獸圈|禽獸不如|瑰禽怪獸|禽奔獸遁|瑞獸|百獸率舞|獸心|獸慾|獸力車|毒蛇猛獸|百獸之王|獸睡|瓦獸|珍禽異獸|率獸食人|獸醫|獸聚鳥散|獸環|獸炭|獸媒花|獸伏|猛獸|狼子獸心|皮翼獸|獸行|海獸|洪水猛獸|銅獸|蟄獸|野獸派|衣冠禽獸|野獸|飛禽走獸|鴨嘴獸|鳥獸行|鳥獸散|鳥獸|經濟怪獸|食蟻獸|藥獸|鎮墓獸|走獸|豕交獸畜|獸類|人獸交|靈獸|珍獸|獸人|獸化人}}

===References===
* {{R:yue:Hanzi}}

{{C|zh|Furry fandom}}

==Japanese==
{{ja-kanji forms|獣|獸}}

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=|rs=犬15|shin=獣}}

# {{rfdef|ja|sort=犬15}}

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=しゅ
|kanon=しゅう
|kanyoon=じゅう
|kun=けもの-, けだもの-
}}

==Korean==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|ko|Middle Korean readings, if any}}

===Pronunciation===
{{ko-hanja-pron|수}}

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja-search}}
{{ko-hanja|hangeul=수|eumhun=|mr=su|y=swu}}

# {{rfdef|ko|sort=犬15}}

====Compounds====
* {{ko-l|수간|[[bestiality]] {{gloss|sexual activity}}|獸姦}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=thú|rs=犬15}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=犬15}}