貅

Translingual

Han character

貅 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月竹人木 (BHOD), four-corner 2429₀, composition ⿰豸休)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1201, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36542
• Dae Jaweon: page 1663, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3911, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8C85

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		貅

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
茠	*qʰuː
烋	*qʰruː, *qʰru
恘	*kʰu
休	*qʰu
貅	*qʰu
咻	*qʰu, *qʰoʔ
庥	*qʰu
鵂	*qʰu
髤	*qʰu
髹	*qʰu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰu) : semantic 豸 + phonetic 休 (OC *qʰu).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 貅

1. ^† (Chinese mythology) female panther-like feline; female counterpart of 貔 (pí)

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Japanese

Kanji

貅

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. brave heraldic beast

Readings

• On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū)

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Korean

Hanja

貅 • (hyu) (hangeul 휴, revised hyu, McCune–Reischauer hyu, Yale hyu)

1. brave, fierce, courageous

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 貅 (hươu, hưu)

1. deer (hươu)
2. Pixiu 貔貅 (Tỳ hươu)