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貅

xiū

Character

What 貅 means

1. see {貔貅|pí xiū}, composite mythical animal (originally 貅 was the female)

Words containing 貅

• 貔貅pí xiūmythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's…

Characters built on 休

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

• 咻xiūcall out; jeer
• 庥xiūprotection; shade
• 髹xiūred lacquer; to lacquer
• 鸺xiūused in 鸺鹠

Sounds the same

Read xiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 休to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease
• 修to decorate; to embellish; to repair
• 羞shy; ashamed; shame
• 咻call out; jeer
• 馐delicacies
• 脩dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting…
• 庥protection; shade
• 髹red lacquer; to lacquer
• 鸺used in 鸺鹠
• 茠to weed; to eradicate