獬

獬 · xiè

a fabulous monster

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xiè
Cantonese
haai5
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a fabulous monster

Dictionary definitions & readings

獬 xiè · see 獬豸 xiè zhì

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21373.070:xiè,hǎ,jiě Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1278.080:xiè Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
406.150:xiè Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xiè粵haai5 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カイ ゲ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
해:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
giải Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
胡買 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KHNBQ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4725.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0719.330 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
270.34 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+736C
Radical
犬 · 94
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6149

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
獬
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
heaX · 胡買 · 蟹開二上佳匣 · #1409

PHONO-ML, source line 9965; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
880.410
kDaeJaweon
1131.070
kHanYu
21373.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1131.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21373.070
kIRGKangXi
0719.330
kKangXi
0719.330
kMatthews
2541
kMorohashi
20734
kSBGY
270.34
kSMSZD2003Index
420.14
kCangjie
KHNBQ
kFourCornerCode
4725.2
kMojiJoho
MJ017085
kPhonetic
538
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6233
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EA5E
kIRG_JSource
J14-7052
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-587B
kIRG_KSource
K1-7335
kIRG_TSource
T2-584A
kIRG_VSource
V1-5E75
kRSUnicode
94.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EA5E
kCCCII
225829
kCNS1986
2-584A
kCNS1992
2-584A
kEACC
225829
kGB0
6619
kGB1
6619
kJIS0213
2,80,50
kJis1
4338
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3749
kTGH
2013:6149
kTaiwanTelegraph
3749
kXerox
304:274
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14789+94.3.13
kCantonese
haai5
kDefinition
a fabulous monster
kFanqie
胡買
kHangul
해:1N
kHanyuPinyin
21373.070:xiè,hǎ,jiě
kJapanese
カイ ゲ
kJapaneseOn
KAI GE
kKorean
HAY
kMandarin
xiè
kSMSZD2003Readings
xiè粵haai5
kTGHZ2013
406.150:xiè
kVietnamese
giải
kXHC1983
1278.080:xiè

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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2dictionary records using 獬0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
犭 beside 解 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰犭解$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰犭解$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.