豸

See also: 犭

豸 U+8C78, 豸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C78 ← 豷 [U+8C77] CJK Unified Ideographs 豹 → [U+8C79]

⾘ U+2F98, ⾘ KANGXI RADICAL BADGER ← ⾗ [U+2F97] Kangxi Radicals ⾙ → [U+2F99]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

豸 (Kangxi radical 153, 豸+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月尸竹竹 (BSHH), four-corner 2022₂, composition ⿱⿳丿⺀丿⿹㇁𰀪)

1. Kangxi radical #153, ⾘.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/豸
• 𠉠, 𪡊, 𢚵, 𢭺, 𤞝, 𤉒, 𤙪, 𥍪, 絼, 𦎋, 𧋈, 𧣭, 𧼋, 𬦳
• 𭃤, 𧼌, 䫉, 𩳏, 𪁰, 𬏯
• 𭸜, 𨂼, 𤯴, 𬠸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1199, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36496
• Dae Jaweon: page 1661, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3908, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8C78

Chinese

simp. and trad.		豸
2nd round simp.		犭
alternative forms		廌 𢊁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 豸
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – an animal.

Etymology

Variant of 廌 (OC dreʔ) (Guangyun; Schuessler, 2009). If true, see there for etymology.

Janhunen (2011) instead suggests that 豸 and 廌 possibly had denoted different animals, yet were confused so they would be used seemingly interchangeably to refer to the same range of vague folkloric and mythological beasts.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaai⁶ / zi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sái, chhí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tǐ / tī / thǒa / thōa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaai⁶ / zi⁶
    • Yale: jaaih / jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaai⁶ / dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zai⁶ / ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːi̯²²/, /t͡siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sái, chhí
    • Hakka Romanization System: sai^ˋ, qi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sai³, qi³
    • Sinological IPA: /sai̯³¹ t͡sʰi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǐ
    • Tâi-lô: tǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tī
    • Tâi-lô: tī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ti²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thǒa
    • Tâi-lô: thuǎ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thōa
    • Tâi-lô: thuā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰua²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰua³³/

Note:

• tǐ/tī - literary;
• thǒa/thōa - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: drjeX, dreaX

Rime
Character	豸	豸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	支 (13)	佳 (31)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	池爾切	宅買切
Baxter	drjeX	dreaX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiᴇX/	/ɖˠɛX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚiɛX/	/ɖᵚæX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɛX/	/ȡæiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖjiə̆X/	/ɖaɨjX/
Li Rong	/ȡjeX/	/ȡɛX/
Wang Li	/ȡǐeX/	/ȡaiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱie̯X/	/ȡʱaiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì	zhài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6	zaai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤreʔ/, /*[d]reʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rdeːʔ/, /*deʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	豸	豸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì	zhì
Middle Chinese	‹ dreaX ›	‹ drjeX ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ˁreʔ/	/*[d]reʔ/
English	to crouch (before catching prey)	bug, wug
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	豸	豸
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	17375	17376
Phonetic component	豸	豸
Rime group	支	支
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	廌	豸
Old Chinese	/*rdeːʔ/	/*deʔ/

Definitions

豸

1. beast with long vertebral column
2. legless insect
3. Used in 獬豸 (xièzhì).
4. (obsolete) to solve, solution

   • 余將老，使郤子逞其志，庶有豸乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     余将老，使郤子逞其志，庶有豸乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yú jiāng lǎo, shǐ xìzǐ chěng qí zhì, shù yǒu zhì hū? [Pinyin]

     I will declare myself too old, and let Master Xi achieve his wish, which may perhaps lead to the solution [to the present evil]?

Compounds

• 此豸 (cǐzhì)
• 獬豸 (xièzhì)
• 獬豸冠
• 蟲豸／虫豸 (chóngzhì)
• 豸冠
• 貏豸 (bǐzhì)

 

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

Japanese

Kanji

豸

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ち (chi)、たい (tai)
• Kun: とける (tokeru)、ゆるめる (yurumeru)

Korean

Hanja

豸 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

豸: Hán Nôm readings: trại, chạy, giải, giãi, trải, trãi, trễ, chải, giại, sải, trĩ

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