螭

螭 · chī

a dragon whose horns have not grown; cruel

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chī
Cantonese
ci1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a dragon whose horns have not grown; cruel

Dictionary definitions & readings

螭 chī · dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry); variant of 魑 chī

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42880.210:chī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0141.030:chī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
045.130:chī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chī粵ci1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
チ みずち Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
리:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
丑知 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIYUB Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5012.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1094.510 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
048.28 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0023c Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87AD
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6101

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
螭
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
trhje · 丑知 · 止開三平支徹 · #121

PHONO-ML, source line 1093; 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
1196.109
kDaeJaweon
1559.250
kGSR
0023c
kHanYu
42880.210
kIRGDaeJaweon
1559.250
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42880.210
kIRGKangXi
1094.510
kKangXi
1094.510
kMatthews
1016
kMeyerWempe
1517j
kMorohashi
33494 33494:E0101
kSBGY
048.28
kSMSZD2003Index
619.06
kCangjie
LIYUB
kFourCornerCode
5012.7
kMojiJoho
MJ023664 MJ023664:E0101 MJ058654:E0102
kPhonetic
786
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7324
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EE5A
kIRG_JSource
J13-7B5E
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7267
kIRG_KSource
K1-5F61
kIRG_TSource
T2-5F28
kRSUnicode
142.11
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EE5A
kCCCII
232B60
kCNS1986
2-5F28
kCNS1992
2-5F28
kEACC
232B60
kGB0
8304
kGB1
8304
kJIS0213
1,91,62
kJis1
5944
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5835
kTGH
2013:6101
kTaiwanTelegraph
5835
kXerox
306:266
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15101+142.6.11
kCantonese
ci1
kDefinition
a dragon whose horns have not grown; cruel
kFanqie
丑知
kHangul
리:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42880.210:chī
kJapanese
チ みずち
kJapaneseKun
MIZUCHI
kJapaneseOn
CHI
kKorean
LI
kMandarin
chī
kSMSZD2003Readings
chī粵ci1
kTGHZ2013
045.130:chī
kTang
tjiɛ
kXHC1983
0141.030:chī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 螭0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
虫 beside 离 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫离$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫离$(GHTJKP)

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