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Xiezhi (unicorn)
Pictograph of a Xiezhi, a mythical animal similar to a unicorn.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[d]ˤreʔ | dreaX | zhài | 解廌 heaX.dreaX (legendary animal) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+5ECC |
Shuowen | “，解，獸也。似山牛，一角。古者决訟，令觸不直。象形，从豸省。” |
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