螭

螭 U+87AD, 螭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87AD
← 螬
[U+87AC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 螮 →
[U+87AE]

Translingual

Han character

螭 (radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜山月 (LIYUB), four-corner 50127, composition ⿰虫离)

References
  • KangXi: page 1094, character 51
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33494
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2880, character 21
  • Unihan data for U+87AD

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 螭
variant forms 彲

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 螭
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (离) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
謧 *reːl, *rel
璃 *reːl, *rel
離 *reːls, *rel, *rels
縭 *rel
离 *rel, *r̥ʰel
醨 *rel
樆 *rel
褵 *rel
漓 *rel
黐 *rel, *r̥ʰel
籬 *rel
灕 *rel
蘺 *rel
攡 *rel
魑 *r̥ʰel
螭 *r̥ʰel
摛 *r̥ʰel

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *r̥ʰel) : semantic 虫 (“creature”) + phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *n-d-raj (“demon; evil spirit; ghost”).

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 螭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 支 (13)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 丑知切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈʰˠiᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈʰᵚiɛ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶʰiɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈʰjiə̆/
Li
Rong		 /ȶʰje/
Wang
Li		 /ȶʰǐe/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶʰie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chī
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 螭
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ trhje ›
Old
Chinese		 /*r̥aj/ (E dialect: *r̥- > trh-)
English demon

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 螭
Reading # 1/1
No. 7796
Phonetic
component		 离
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 摛
Old
Chinese		 /*r̥ʰel/

Definitions

螭

  1. (Chinese mythology) dragon-like creature without horns
  2. Alternative form of 魑 (chī, “mountain demon”).

Compounds
  • 螭虎
  • 螭陛
  • 蟠螭紋／蟠螭纹

Japanese

Kanji
螭

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): ち (chi)
  • Kun: みずち (mizuchi)

Korean

Hanja

螭 • (ri>i, chi) (hangeul 리>이, 치, revised ri>i, chi, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, ch'i, Yale li>i, chi)

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