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螭

chī

Character

What 螭 means

1. dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry)
2. variant of {魑|chī}

Words starting with 螭

• 螭首chī shǒuhornless dragon head (used as ornamentation, esp. gargoyles)

Characters built on 离

These share the phonetic component 离 (lí), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 璃lí(phonetic character used in transliteration of foreign names); Taiwan pr. lì; variant of 璃
• 篱lía fence
• 漓lípattering (of rain); seep through
• 魑chīused in 魑魅
• 蓠líred algae; Gracilaria, several species, some edible; Japanese ogonori
• 褵líbride's veil or kerchief
• 缡líbridal veil or kerchief

Sounds the same

Read chī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 吃to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 痴imbecile; sentimental; stupid
• 嗤laugh at; jeer; scoff at
• 哧(onomatopoeia) giggling; breathing; tearing of paper, ripping of fabric etc
• 离mythical beast (archaic)
• 笞to whip with bamboo strips
• 黐birdlime
• 蚩ignorant; worm
• 魑used in 魑魅
• 鸱scops owl
• 媸ugly woman
• 樆manjack or cordia (genus Cordia)