貔

貔 · pí

a legendary bear-like animal

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
pí
Cantonese
pei4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a legendary bear-like animal

Dictionary definitions & readings

貔 pí · see 貔貅 pí xiū, composite mythical animal (originally 貔 was the male)

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63916.080:pí Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0867.050:pí Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
281.120:pí Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
pí粵pei4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヒ ビ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
비:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
房脂 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
BHHWP Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2621.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1202.380 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
052.13 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0566h' Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8C94
Radical
豸 · 153
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
10
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6271

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
貔
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
bjij · 房脂 · 止開三平脂並 · #147

PHONO-ML, source line 1239; 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
1267.402
kDaeJaweon
1664.120
kGSR
0566h'
kHanYu
63916.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
1664.120
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63916.080
kIRGKangXi
1202.380
kKangXi
1202.380
kLau
2487
kMatthews
5160
kMeyerWempe
2336f
kMorohashi
36606
kNelson
4485
kSBGY
052.13
kSMSZD2003Index
662.05
kCangjie
BHHWP
kFourCornerCode
2621.1
kMojiJoho
MJ024984
kPhonetic
1037
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7579
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EEB7
kIRG_JSource
J0-6C40
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-78D1
kIRG_KSource
K1-632B
kIRG_TSource
T2-5F63
kRSUnicode
153.10
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EEB7
kCCCII
233639
kCNS1986
2-5F63
kCNS1992
2-5F63
kEACC
233639
kGB0
8589
kGB1
8589
kJis0
7632
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6293
kTGH
2013:6271
kTaiwanTelegraph
6293
kXerox
275:166
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6753+153.7.10
kCantonese
pei4
kDefinition
a legendary bear-like animal
kFanqie
房脂
kHangul
비:1N
kHanyuPinyin
63916.080:pí
kJapanese
ヒ ビ
kJapaneseOn
HI
kKorean
PI
kMandarin
pí
kSMSZD2003Readings
pí粵pei4
kTGHZ2013
281.120:pí
kTang
bhi
kXHC1983
0867.050:pí

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 貔0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
豸 beside 𣬉 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰豸𣬉$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰豸𣬉$(GHTJKP)

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