Kanji Detail for 蜮 - "legendary creature"

蜮

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
蜮 means "legendary creature."
1. Legendary creature - A mythical animal said to dwell in water and harm people.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

fabulous creature like a turtle; toad

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

a fabulous creature like a turtle; a toad

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(Chinese mythology) creature that lives underwater and spits sand to make people ill

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

toad; legendary turtle

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

Anciently called 短狐 (short fox). Could hold sand in its mouth and shoot people to cause harm. Also called 射工 (shooting worker). Therefore a metaphor for treacherous people is 鬼蜮 (ghost-demon). From the Book of Odes.
Onyomi

iki(いき)

koku(こく)

waku(わく)

yoku(よく)
Kunyomi

isagomushi
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

虫 (mushi・mushihen)
Related Keywords
legendary creature mythical animal said dwell water harm people