sī
an amphibious beast resembling a tiger with one horn
Origin unclear. 虎 depicts a tiger.
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sī
an amphibious beast resembling a tiger with one horn; place name; amphibious animal with one horn
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*s.le | sje | sī | (place name) |
Not found in HSK word list
7189th most common character in books
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+8652 |
Shuowen | “虒,委虒,虎之有角者也。从虎,聲。” |
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