Kanji Detail for 狴 - "beast, prison"

狴

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
狴 means "beast, prison."
1. Beast - A legendary creature that is the child of a dragon and resembles a tiger; also refers to a prison.
2. Prison - A jail.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

kind of tapir; fierce beast depicted on the door of prisons

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

a kind of tapir; a fierce beast depicted on the door of prisons

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

used in 狴犴[bi4 an4]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

tapir; a fierce beast depicted on prison doors

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

狴犴. A beast name. Also borrowed as a term for prison. See "犴" for details.
Onyomi

bai(ばい)

hai(はい)

hei(へい)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

犬犭 (inu・kemonohen)
Related Keywords
beast legendary creature child dragon resembles tiger refers prison jail