獬

獬 U+736C, 獬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-736C ← 獫 [U+736B] CJK Unified Ideographs 獭 → [U+736D]

Translingual

Han character

獬 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 大竹弓月手 (KHNBQ), four-corner 4725₂, composition ⿰犭解)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 719, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20734
• Dae Jaweon: page 1131, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1373, character 7
• Unihan data for U+736C

Chinese

trad.		獬
simp. #		獬
alternative forms		𧴛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (解) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
薢	*kreː, *kreːʔ, *kreːs
解	*kreːʔ, *kreːs, *ɡreːʔ, *ɡreːs
檞	*kreːʔ
懈	*kreːs
繲	*kreːs
廨	*kreːs
蟹	*ɡreːʔ
獬	*ɡreːʔ
澥	*ɡreːʔ
嶰	*ɡreːʔ
邂	*ɡreːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siè
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Yale: syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • Palladius: се (se)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haai⁵
    • Yale: háaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: heaX

Rime
Character	獬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡買切
Baxter	heaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠɛX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚæX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣæiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨjX/
Li Rong	/ɣɛX/
Wang Li	/ɣaiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣaiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	獬
Reading #	1/1
No.	6484
Phonetic component	解
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蟹
Old Chinese	/*ɡreːʔ/

Definitions

獬

1. Only used in 獬豸 (xièzhì).

Compounds

• 獬冠
• 獬廌 (xièzhì)
• 獬豸 (xièzhì)
• 獬豸冠

 

Japanese

Kanji

獬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. fabulous monster

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai); げ (ge)

Korean

Hanja

獬 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae, Yale hay)

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