山西獸

简 山西兽 · 繁 山西獸
Mandarin · pinyin Shān xī shòu

Meanings

  1. Shansitherium fuguensis (early giraffe)
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山
shān · mountain, hill, peak
西
xī · west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
獸
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兽
shòu · beast, animal; bestial
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1–1–4 · Shan1 xi1 shou4

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