獍

Information about character(s)

Radical: 犬
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jìng
Cantonese: ging3
JapaneseKun: KAGAMI
JapaneseOn: KYOU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a mythical animal that eats its mother when it is born; Manchurian tiger

CE-Dict: a mythical animal that eats its mother

康熙字典文字版 【巳集下】【犬字部】獍
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤居慶切，音敬。【玉篇】獸名。【廣韻】獸名。食人。【述異記】獍之爲獸，狀如虎豹而小。始生，還食其母，故曰梟獍。【韻會】通作鏡。【前漢·郊祀志註】孟康曰：梟，鳥名，食母。破鏡，獸名，食父。破鏡如貙而虎眼。