貅
Information about character(s)
Radical: 豸Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 13
Pronunciation
Pinyin: xiūCantonese: jau1
JapaneseOn: KYUU
Korean: HYU
Vietnamese: hươu
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: brave, fierce, courageousCE-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。