豸

See also: 犭

豸	U+8C78, 豸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C78

← 豷
[U+8C77]

CJK Unified Ideographs

豹 →
[U+8C79]

⾘	U+2F98, ⾘ KANGXI RADICAL BADGER

← ⾗
[U+2F97]

Kangxi Radicals

⾙ →
[U+2F99]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

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Radical 153 豸

豸 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月尸竹竹 (BSHH), four-corner 2022₂, composition ⿱⿳丿⺀丿⿹㇁𰀪)

Kangxi radical #153, ⾘.

Derived characters[edit]

Appendix:Chinese radical/豸
𠉠, 𪡊, 𢚵, 𢭺, 𤞝, 𤉒, 𤙪, 𥍪, 絼, 𦎋, 𧋈, 𧣭, 𧼋, 𬦳
𭃤, 𧼌, 䫉, 𩳏, 𪁰, 𬏯
𭸜, 𨂼, 𤯴, 𬠸

References[edit]

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1199, character 36
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36496
Dae Jaweon: page 1661, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3908, character 1
Unihan data for U+8C78

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		豸
2nd round simp.		犭
alternative forms		廌𢊁

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 豸
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – an animal.

Etymology[edit]

Variant of 廌 (OC dreʔ) (Guangyun; Schuessler, 2009). If true, see there for etymology.

Janhunen (2011) instead suggests that 豸 and 廌 possibly had denoted different animals, yet were confused so they would be used seemingly interchangeably to refer to the same range of vague folkloric and mythological beasts.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “If not just a variant of 廌 (OC dreʔ), then might 豸 (OC dreʔ) be related to Tibetan དྲེད (dred, “bear”)? Old Chinese *-ʔ occasionally corresponds to Old Tibetan -d in these cognate sets: 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ) vs. Tibetan ངེད (nged, “I; we”), 靡 (OC *mralʔ) vs. Tibetan མྱེད (myed, “not exist”), etc.”

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaai⁶, zi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sái, chhí
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǐ / tī / thǒa / thōa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴
  - Yale: jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
  - Palladius: чжи (čži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaai⁶, zi⁶
  - Yale: jaaih, jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaai⁶, dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zai⁶, ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːi̯²²/, /t͡siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sái, chhí
  - Hakka Romanization System: sai`, qi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sai³, qi³
  - Sinological IPA: /sai̯³¹ t͡sʰi³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐ
  - Tâi-lô: tǐ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī
  - Tâi-lô: tī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: di
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ti²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thǒa
  - Tâi-lô: thuǎ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thōa
  - Tâi-lô: thuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toa
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰua²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰua³³/

Note:

tǐ/tī - literary;
thǒa/thōa - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: drjeX, dreaX

Rime
Character	豸	豸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	池爾切	宅買切
Baxter	drjeX	dreaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇ^X/	/ɖˠɛ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛ^X/	/ɖᵚæ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɛ^X/	/ȡæi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjiə̆^X/	/ɖaɨj^X/
Li Rong	/ȡje^X/	/ȡɛ^X/
Wang Li	/ȡǐe^X/	/ȡai^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱie̯^X/	/ȡʱai^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì	zhài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi⁶	zaai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤreʔ/, /*[d]reʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*rdeːʔ/, /*deʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	豸	豸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì	zhì
Middle Chinese	‹ drea^X ›	‹ drje^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁreʔ/	/*[d]reʔ/
English	to crouch (before catching prey)	bug, wug
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	豸	豸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17375	17376
Phonetic component	豸	豸
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	廌	豸
Old Chinese	/*rdeːʔ/	/*deʔ/

Definitions[edit]

豸

beast with long vertebral column
legless insect
Used in 獬豸 (xièzhì).
(obsolete) to solve, solution
- 余將老，使郤子逞其志，庶有豸乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  余将老，使郤子逞其志，庶有豸乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Yú jiāng lǎo, shǐ xìzǐ chěng qí zhì, shù yǒu zhì hū? [Pinyin]
  I will declare myself too old, and let Master Xi achieve his wish, which may perhaps lead to the solution [to the present evil]?

Compounds[edit]

此豸 (cǐzhì)
獬豸 (xièzhì)
獬豸冠
蟲豸／虫豸 (chóngzhì)
豸冠
貏豸 (bǐzhì)

References[edit]

(Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

豸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

On (unclassified): ち (chi); たい (tai)
Kun: とける (tokeru); ゆるめる (yurumeru)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

豸 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)

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