貔

Information about character(s)

Radical: 豸
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 17

Pronunciation

Pinyin: pí
Cantonese: pei4
JapaneseOn: HI
Korean: PI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: fox, leopard, panther

CE-Dict: see píxiū 貔貅, composite mythical animal/originally 貔 was the male

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a fierce animal of the panther family

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: entellus

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《豸部》貔豹屬，出貉國。从豸𣬉聲。《詩》曰：“獻其貔皮。”《周書》曰：“如虎如貔。”貔，猛獸。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集中】【豸字部】貔
【唐韻】房脂切【集韻】【韻會】頻脂切，𠀤音毗。【爾雅·釋獸】貔，白狐。【說文】豹屬，出貉國。【廣雅】貔，貍貓也。【書·牧誓】如虎如貔。【傳】貔，一名執夷，虎屬也。【詩·大雅】獻其貔皮。【陸璣疏】貔似虎，或曰似熊，遼東謂之白熊。　又旌旗名。【禮·曲禮】前有摯獸，則載貔貅。【註】兵車旌畫貔貅，形象威猛，使衆知警備。　又【正韻】蒲麋切，音皮。義同。　【集韻】或省作豼。

CF-Dict: léopard