獬豸

Chinese

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

Etymology

See 解豸 (xièzhì)

Pronunciation



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

獬豸

  1. (Chinese mythology) xiezhi (a mythical creature resembling an ox or a goat, with thick dark fur covering its body, bright eyes and a single long horn on its forehead)

Derived terms

  • 獬豸冠

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (獬豸):
  • Japanese: (かい)() (kaichi)
  • Korean: 해태(獬豸) (haetae), 해치(獬豸) (haechi)
  • Vietnamese: giải trãi (獬豸)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かい
Hyōgai

Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠it͡ɕi]

Noun

(かい)() • (kaichi

  1. (Chinese mythology) xiezhi (a mythical creature resembling an ox or a goat, with thick dark fur covering its body, bright eyes and a single long horn on its forehead)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

獬豸 • (haetae) (hangeul 해태)
獬豸 • (haechi) (hangeul 해치)

  1. hanja form? of 해태 (xiezhi)
  2. hanja form? of 해치 (xiezhi)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

獬豸

  1. chữ Hán form of giải trãi (xiezhi)