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

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• 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/

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• 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

1. (Chinese mythology) legendary hornless dragon (often used as a decorative motif in ancient times)
2. 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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