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獬豸

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Chinese

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beast with long backbone; legless insect
trad. (獬豸)
simp. #(獬豸)
alternative forms 解豸
解廌
獬廌
解𧋈
觟𧣾
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Etymology

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See 解豸 (xièzhì)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (33) (11)
Final () (31) (31)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Baxter heaX dreaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠɛX/ /ɖˠɛX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚæX/ /ɖᵚæX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣæiX/ /ȡæiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨjX/ /ɖaɨjX/
Li
Rong
/ɣɛX/ /ȡɛX/
Wang
Li
/ɣaiX/ /ȡaiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣaiX/ /ȡʱaiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xià zhài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haai6 zaai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhì
Middle
Chinese
‹ dreaX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]ˁreʔ/
English to crouch (before catching prey)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
No. 6484 17375
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡreːʔ/ /*rdeːʔ/

Noun

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獬豸

  1. (mythology) xiezhi (a goat-like, sheep-like, or ox-like beast with one horn)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (獬豸):