狴

狴 · bì

a kind of tapir; a fierce beast depicted on the door of prisons

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bì
Cantonese
bai6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a kind of tapir; a fierce beast depicted on the door of prisons

Dictionary definitions & readings

狴 bì · used in 狴犴 bì àn

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21348.070:bì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0060.180:bì Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
019.050:bì Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
bì粵bai6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヘイ ベイ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
폐:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
邊兮 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KHPPG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4121.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0711.130 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
088.64 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+72F4
Radical
犬 · 94
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7035

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

10 strokes
狴
Strokes
10
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

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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
pej · 邊兮 · 蟹開四平齊幫 · #302

PHONO-ML, source line 2856; 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
876.103
kDaeJaweon
1123.130
kHanYu
21348.070
kIRGDaeJaweon
1123.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21348.070
kIRGKangXi
0711.130
kKangXi
0711.130
kMatthews
5080
kMeyerWempe
2267d
kMorohashi
20410
kSBGY
088.64
kSMSZD2003Index
417.03
kCangjie
KHPPG
kFourCornerCode
4121.4
kMojiJoho
MJ016955
kPhonetic
1030A
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6179
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D2A5
kIRG_JSource
J1-4A7C
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-57E3
kIRG_KSource
K1-7235
kIRG_TSource
T2-3066
kRSUnicode
94.7
kTotalStrokes
10
kBigFive
D2A5
kCCCII
225724
kCNS1986
2-3066
kCNS1992
2-3066
kEACC
225724
kGB0
6589
kGB1
6589
kJis1
4292
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3705
kTGH
2013:7035
kTaiwanTelegraph
3705
kXerox
304:261
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19533+94.3.7
kCantonese
bai6
kDefinition
a kind of tapir; a fierce beast depicted on the door of prisons
kFanqie
邊兮
kHangul
폐:1N
kHanyuPinyin
21348.070:bì
kJapanese
ヘイ ベイ
kJapaneseOn
HEI HAI BAI
kKorean
PHYEY
kMandarin
bì
kSMSZD2003Readings
bì粵bai6
kTGHZ2013
019.050:bì
kXHC1983
0060.180:bì

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰犭坒$(GHTJKP)

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