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豸

zhì

Character

What 豸 means

1. worm-like invertebrate
2. mythical animal (see {獬豸|xiè zhì})
3. radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153)

Words containing 豸

• 虫豸chóng zhìinsect or insect-like small creature (literary); base person (used as a curse word)
• 獬豸xiè zhìXiezhi, mythical Chinese unicorn

Characters built on 犭

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

• 狮shī(bound form) lion
• 狄dílow ranking public official (old)
• 狸lí(bound form) used in the names of small mammals
• 猁lìused in 猞猁
• 猕míused in 猕猴
• 猗yī(interj.)
• 狴bìused in 狴犴
• 猊níused in 狻猊

Sounds the same

Read zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 至to arrive; most; to
• 质character; nature; quality
• 志aspiration; ambition; the will
• 制system; to control; to regulate
• 治to rule; to govern; to manage
• 置to install; to place; to put
• 致(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 智(literary) wise; wisdom
• 秩(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order…
• 滞(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 帜flag
• 挚sincere