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    3. 狐

    狐

    狐きつね

    fox

    KMT10Freq #2185AnimalsKanji9 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    きつね

    On'yomi

    コ

    fox

    ⺨瓜

    丿
    瓜
    厶

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    孤弧呱柧瓜菰瓠瓢呱弧孤狠獵

    Concepts using this kanji

    狐

    fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes)

    狐日和

    changing weather

    三狐神

    a god of food

    狐格子

    lattice work

    人狐

    fox spirit that possesses people (typical of the Chūgoku region)

    北極狐

    Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)

    狐に化かされる

    to be deceived by a fox

    九尾の狐

    nine-tailed fox

    北狐

    Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki)

    同じ穴の狐

    (villains) of the same stripe

    野狐

    wild fox

    大耳狐

    bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)

    狐の手袋

    digitalis

    天狐

    celestial fox

    古狐

    old fox

    兎死すれば狐これを悲しむ

    people have sympathy for kindred in distress

    白狐

    old, white fox (trad. said to have supernatural powers)

    空狐

    fox with supernatural powers

    火狐

    Firefox (web browser)

    狐火

    pale fiery light seen in fields and mountains at night

    狐死して兎泣く

    people have sympathy for kindred in distress

    狐疑

    doubt

    狐が落ちる

    to cease being possessed (by the spirit of a fox)

    狐を落とす

    to exorcise a fox spirit (from a person)

    狐福

    unexpected good fortune

    銀狐

    silver fox

    狐茄子

    nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum)

    管狐

    kuda-gitsune

    狐に小豆飯

    trusting a cat with milk

    赤狐

    red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

    狐と狸の化かし合い

    two sly characters outfoxing each other

    狐の嫁入り

    rain shower while the sun shines

    悪狐

    bad fox

    老狐

    old fox

    善狐

    benevolent fox (in mythology)

    狐の子は頬白

    like father, like son

    狐塚

    foxhole

    野狐禅

    self-styled Zen philosophy

    灰色狐

    gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

    狐焼

    cooking (something) to a golden brown

    輪尾狐猿

    ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

    袋狐

    common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

    虎の威を借る狐

    person who swaggers about under borrowed authority

    狐矢

    stray arrow

    茶色狐猿

    common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus)

    黒狐猿

    black lemur (Eulemur macaco)

    千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ず

    to rule a country requires many great men

    狐窓

    small (latticework) window placed up high

    狐の窓

    way of entangling one's hands together to leave a small opening between the middle and ring fingers

    赤腹狐猿

    red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)

    狐疑逡巡

    being in doubt and unable to decide

    白黒襟巻狐猿

    black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata)

    霊狐

    fox with supernatural powers

    冠狐猿

    crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus)

    赤襟巻狐猿

    red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)

    狐臭

    foxy odor (of wine)

    狐猿

    lemur

    妖狐

    fox with supernatural powers

    狐につままれる

    to be confused

    ケープ狐

    Cape fox (Vulpes chama)

    ライネケ狐

    Reynard the Fox (fable)

    狐うどん

    udon with deep-fried tofu

    狐拳

    kitsune-ken

    雌の狐

    bitch fox

    狐狗狸

    kokkuri

    狐狗狸さん

    kokkuri

    牝狐

    female fox

    狐狸妖怪

    tricksters

    狐狸

    foxes and tanuki

    狐鯛

    sharphead hogfish (Bodianus oxycephalus)

    狐憑き

    possession by a fox spirit

    狐薊

    Hemisteptia lyrata

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 厶
    • 瓜

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    • 銀狐
    • 古狐
    • 狐
    • 狐火
    • 狐格子
    • 狐疑逡巡
    • 狐狸
    • 狐うどん
    • 白狐
    • 狐憑き
    • 狐の嫁入り
    • 狐猿
    • 狐疑
    • 狐に化かされる
    • 狐を落とす
    • 雌の狐
    • 狐狸妖怪
    • 千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ず
    • 北狐
    • 三狐神
    • 輪尾狐猿
    • 狐と狸の化かし合い
    • 天狐
    • 九尾の狐
    • 赤狐
    • 管狐
    • 妖狐
    • 狐狗狸さん
    • 北極狐
    • 狐鯛
    • 狐茄子
    • 狐が落ちる
    • 狐につままれる
    • 虎の威を借る狐
    • 狐の子は頬白
    • 狐に小豆飯
    • 狐福
    • 狐焼
    • 狐矢
    • 狐窓
    • 狐の窓
    • 狐日和
    • 野狐
    • 野狐禅
    • 霊狐
    • 悪狐
    • 善狐
    • 空狐
    • ケープ狐
    • 大耳狐
    • 灰色狐
    • 袋狐
    • 冠狐猿
    • 茶色狐猿
    • 黒狐猿
    • 赤腹狐猿
    • 白黒襟巻狐猿
    • 赤襟巻狐猿
    • 狐の手袋
    • 狐拳
    • 狐塚
    • 狐薊
    • 牝狐
    • 狐狗狸
    • 狐臭
    • 火狐
    • 兎死すれば狐これを悲しむ
    • 狐死して兎泣く
    • 老狐
    • 同じ穴の狐
    • 人狐
    • ライネケ狐

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