犀

犀 U+2F924, 犀 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F924 ← 𤘈 [U+2F923] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 犕 → [U+2F925]

Translingual

Han character

犀 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸水竹手 (SEHQ) or 尸卜卜手 (SYYQ), four-corner 7725₁, composition ⿸尸⿱氺牛)

Derived characters

• 遲

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 701, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20045
• Dae Jaweon: page 1114, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1815, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7280

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		犀
alternative forms		屖

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
摨	*rniːd
犀	*sliːl
遲	*l'il
墀	*l'il

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sliːl) : phonetic 尾 (OC *mɯlʔ) + semantic 牛 (“ox”).

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-sej (“rhinoceros”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 犀

1. rhinoceros
2. sharp; hard; well-tempered (as metal)

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Japanese

Kanji

犀

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: さい (sai)
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: かたい (katai, 犀い); するどい (surudoi, 犀い)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
犀
さい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 犀 (sej)

Pronunciation

• • Homophones: 妻, 采, 賽, 骰子, 豺, 細, 斎, 債, 際, 載, 差異, 差違

Noun

犀(さい) or 犀(サイ) • (sai) 

1. a rhinoceros

Derived terms

• 印(イン)度(ド)犀(サイ) (Indo-sai)
• 黒(クロ)犀(サイ) (kurosai)
• ジャワ犀(サイ) (Jawa-sai)
• 白(シロ)犀(サイ) (shirosai)
• スマトラ犀(サイ) (Sumatora-sai)

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Korean

Hanja

犀 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 犀 (tê, tây)

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