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貅

xiū

fierce; brave, courageous

🔤 Pictophonetic: 豸 (badger) provides meaning, 休 provides pronunciation

HSK 13 strokes Uncommon (67%)

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Component Breakdown

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豸

zhì

badger; legendary beast

休

xiū

to rest; to stop; to retire

⿰豸休 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

zhì

豸

badger; legendary beast

7 strokes

zhǎo

爫

claws, nails, talons

📷 Pictographic: A bird's talons; compare 爪

4 strokes

quǎn

犭

dog

📷 Pictographic: A dog turned to the side

3 strokes

xiū

休

to rest; to stop; to retire

💡 Ideographic: A person 亻 leaning against a tree 木

6 strokes HSK 2

rén

亻

man, person; people

💡 Ideographic: Visual abbreviation of 人

2 strokes

mù

木

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

📷 Pictographic: A tree

4 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

bā

八

eight; all around, all sides

💡 Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 貅 (2)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

貅 ↗

xiū

see [[貔[[貅]]<píxiū>]], composite mythical animal (originally [[貅]] was the female)

xiū

貅 ↗

see [[貔[[貅]]<píxiū>]], composite mythical animal (originally [[貅]] was the female)

貔貅 ↗

píxiū

mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written [[辟邪]] / fig. valiant soldier

píxiū

貔貅 ↗

mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written [[辟邪]] / fig. valiant soldier