螭 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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chī

a dragon whose horns have not grown

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng

bug, insect

worm

离 Sound component

chī, lí

leave

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chī

a dragon whose horns have not grown; cruel; dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry); variant of 魑[chī]

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
r̥aj (E dialect: r̥- > trh-)	trhje	chī	demon

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5509th most common character in books

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