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Kanji Detail for 螭 - "water dragon"
螭
- Meaning
螭 means "water dragon."
Water dragon - A mythical creature resembling a hornless dragon or serpent, said to have a yellow body.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
dragon whose horns have not grown; cruel
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
a dragon whose horns have not grown; cruel
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry); variant of 魑[chi1]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
cruel; a young dragon
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
According to old explanations, like a dragon but yellow and without horns. Ancient palace steps and columns had carved coiled dragon patterns. Called 螭頭 (dragon heads). | Interchangeable with 魑. 魑魅 (demons) is also written as 螭魅.
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