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Kanji Detail for 貔 - "pixiu"
貔
- Meaning
貔 means "pixiu."
Pixiu - A legendary fierce beast; also a metaphor for brave soldiers (used in compound 貔貅).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
brave heraldic beast
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
a legendary bear-like animal
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貔 was the male)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
fox, leopard, panther
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
貔貅. A fierce beast. Therefore in ancient times brave warriors were called 貔貅.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
none
- Strokes
- Radical
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