貅

Information about character(s)

Radical: 豸
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 13

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiū
Cantonese: jau1
JapaneseOn: KYUU
Korean: HYU
Vietnamese: hươu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: brave, fierce, courageous

CE-Dict: see píxiū 貔貅, composite mythical animal/originally 貅 was the female

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of animal like a tiger
2.a fierce and courageous soldier

康熙字典文字版 【酉集中】【豸字部】貅
【廣韻】許尤切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】虛尤切，𠀤音休。【禮·曲禮】前有摯獸，則載貔貅。【註】貔貅，亦摯獸也。【史記·五帝紀】敎熊羆貔貅貙虎，以與炎帝戰於阪泉之野。【註】此六者猛獸，可以敎戰。互詳貔字註。　又【集韻】香幽切，音烋。義同。　【類篇】或省作䝗。