noun

Meanings

  1. 1 pixiu, a fierce mythical beast (used mainly in 貔貅)

Examples

人们貔貅摆件招财
Rénmen zài jiā lǐ bǎi píxiū bǎijiàn lái zhāocái.
People put a pixiu ornament at home to draw in wealth.

Tips

history
is not used independently in modern Chinese; it occurs almost only in 貔貅, a composite mythical beast (in classical texts was the male). It joins the clawed-beast radical with the phonetic .
culture
貔貅 is a winged lion-like creature believed to swallow wealth and never let it out; its figurines are a popular Chinese good-fortune charm.

Components

radical
zhì
legless beast; clawed animal
The clawed-beast radical on the left marks this as a wild predatory animal, here a mythical fierce beast.
semantic
xìn
crown of the head (upper element)
The upper-right element sits above to form the right-side phonetic block; it has no independent meaning in the word.
phonetic
to compare
Supplies the sound (reading drifted from bǐ to pí). Together with the element above it forms the phonetic side; it carries no meaning here.

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