Hanja Analyzer
貅

貅 — hyu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
비휴 휴
Romanization
hyu
English
brave, fierce, courageous
Mandarin
xiū
Japanese on'yomi
キュウ, ク
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
豸 (153, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
休(휴)
Unicode
U+8C85

Parts that make up 貅

  • 豸 발 없는 벌레 치, 풀 치, 해치양 치 등을 세운 짐승발 없는 벌레와 등이 긴 짐승
  • 休 쉴 휴sound

How 貅 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 貅 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 豸, 休.

Japanese words with 貅

  • 貔貅ひきゅう ferocious leopard-like beast (Chinese legendary animal); pixiu; brave warrior

Characters sharing the phonetic 休

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “휴” in Korean.

Other hanja read “휴”

Other hanja with radical 豸

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