螭

螭	U+87AD, 螭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87AD

← 螬
[U+87AC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螮 →
[U+87AE]

Translingual

Han character

螭 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜山月 (LIYUB), four-corner 5012₇, composition ⿰虫离)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 51
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33494
Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2880, character 21
Unihan data for U+87AD

Chinese

trad.		螭
simp. ^#		螭
alternative forms		彲／彨

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 螭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (离) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
謧	reːl, rel
璃	reːl, rel
離	reːls, rel, *rels
縭	*rel
离	rel, r̥ʰel
醨	*rel
樆	*rel
褵	*rel
漓	*rel
黐	rel, r̥ʰel
籬	*rel
灕	*rel
蘺	*rel
攡	*rel
魑	*r̥ʰel
螭	*r̥ʰel
摛	*r̥ʰel

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *r̥ʰel): semantic 虫 (“creature”) + phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *n-d-raj (“demon; evil spirit; ghost”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chī (chi¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chih
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih¹
  - Yale: chr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
  - Palladius: чи (či)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ci¹
  - Yale: chī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: trhje

Rime
Character	螭
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	支 (13)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑知切
Baxter	trhje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰjiə̆/
Li Rong	/ȶʰje/
Wang Li	/ȶʰǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥aj/

(Zhengzhang): /*r̥ʰel/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	螭
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chī
Middle Chinese	‹ trhje ›
Old Chinese	/r̥aj/ (E dialect: r̥- > trh-)
English	demon
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	螭
Reading #	1/1
No.	7796
Phonetic component	离
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	摛
Old Chinese	/*r̥ʰel/

Definitions

螭

(Chinese mythology) legendary hornless dragon (often used as a decorative motif in ancient times)
alternative form of 魑 (chī, “mountain demon”)

Compounds

螭吻
螭虎 (chīhǔ)
螭陛
螭頭舫 / 螭头舫
螭首
螭魅 (chīmèi)
蟠螭紋 / 蟠螭纹 (pánchīwén)

Japanese

Kanji

螭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ち (chi)
Kun: みずち (mizuchi)

Korean

Hanja

螭 • (ri>i, chi) (hangeul 리>이, 치, revised ri>i, chi, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, ch'i, Yale li>i, chi)

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