螭
Translingual
Han character
螭 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜山月 (LIYUB), four-corner 50127, composition ⿰虫离)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 51
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33494
- Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2880, character 21
- Unihan data for U+87AD
Chinese
trad. | 螭 | |
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simp. # | 螭 | |
alternative forms | 彲/彨 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 螭 |
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Small seal script |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *r̥ʰel) : semantic 虫 (“creature”) + phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *n-d-raj (“demon; evil spirit; ghost”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chih
- Wade–Giles: chʻih1
- Yale: chr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
- Palladius: чи (či)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ci1
- Yale: chī
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsi1
- Guangdong Romanization: qi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: trhje
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥aj/
- (Zhengzhang): /*r̥ʰel/
Definitions
- (Chinese mythology) dragon-like creature without horns
- (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 魑 (chī, “mountain demon”).
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
螭
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
螭 • (ri>i, chi) (hangeul 리>이, 치, revised ri>i, chi, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, ch'i, Yale li>i, chi)
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