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豸

Mandarin · pinyin zhì

worm-like invertebrate
mythical animal (see 獬豸 xiè zhì)
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153)

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豸: zhì · legless insect-like animal, worm; Kangxi radical 153

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4 · zhi4

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zaai6 · zi6

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beast with long vertebral column
legless insect
used in 獬豸 (xièzhì)
(obsolete) to solve, solution

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