31. 단군조선 천자문-꼬리, a tail
At a glance,
It looks like a tail.
The archaic word of [꼬리, kkoli] is [ㅅ고리, skoli].
31. 단군조선 천자문-꼬리, a tail
29. 단군조선 천자문-부리 a bill; a beak
28. 단군조선 천자문-병아리(비육, a chick; a chicken)
27. 단군조선 천자문-기러기,a wild goose,안(鴈).
26. 단군조선 천자문-새 bird, 鳥
This picture is from China Blog 고천원지古泉園地.
25. 단군조선 천자문-너구리 a raccoon (dog).
There are two pictures.
Chinese scholars couldn't explicate it because it wasn't theirs.
I think they are raccoon and badger.
24. 단군조선 천자문-나귀a donkey; an ass.
23. 단군조선 천자문-낙타(駱駝), a camel
22. 단군조선 천자문-기린(麒麟),a giraffe
21. 단군조선 천자문-범 호(虎)랑이 : Tiger
This letter is " Tiger , 범 호(虎)랑이".
This year is Tiger's year.
Koreans represent twelve years as " twelve Animals".
" Twelve Animals" are the twelve calender signs.
It's Korean customs.
What is the special [distinctive] feature of a tiger?
I think " 王 of a forehead".
The fourth letter is [호, ho] because H means a kind of [ㅎ,h] sound.
Studying English sound [H], you knows this sound .
The third letter is [랑, lang]sound and rear figure.
The second letter is [ㅁ, m]sound and mouth of a tiger.
The first letter is [버, beo]sound and a (fore)-paw like a lion.
20. 단군조선 천자문-노루a roe deer;『수노루』 a roe-buck. 獐
19. 단군조선 천자문-늑대 a wolf
33. 단군조선 천자문-거위a goose ; 『수컷』 a gander. < from China Blog > ...