# 螭

| 螭 | U+87AD, &#34733; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87AD |
| ← 螬 [U+87AC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 螮 → [U+87AE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

螭 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈卜山月 (LIYUB), four-corner 5012$_7$, composition ⿰虫离)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1094, character 51
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33494
* Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 25
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2880, character 21
* Unihan data for U+87AD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 螭
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 謧 | *reːl, *rel |
| 璃 | *reːl, *rel |
| 離 | *reːls, *rel, *rels |
| 縭 | *rel |
| 离 | *rel, *r̥ʰel |
| 醨 | *rel |
| 樆 | *rel |
| 褵 | *rel |
| 漓 | *rel |
| 黐 | *rel, *r̥ʰel |
| 籬 | *rel |
| 灕 | *rel |
| 蘺 | *rel |
| 攡 | *rel |
| 魑 | *r̥ʰel |
| 螭 | *r̥ʰel |
| 摛 | *r̥ʰel |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *r̥ʰel) : semantic 虫 (“creature”) + phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *n-d-raj (“demon; evil spirit; ghost”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chī (chi$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chī
*** Zhuyin: ㄔ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chih
*** Wade–Giles: chʻih$^1$
*** Yale: chr̄
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy
*** Palladius: чи (či)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^1$
*** Yale: chī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: trhje
Rime :
| Character | 螭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 支 (13) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 丑知切 |
| Baxter | trhje |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰˠiᴇ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰᵚiɛ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰiɛ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰjiə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰje/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰǐe/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȶʰie̯/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ci$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*r̥aj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*r̥ʰel/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 螭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trhje › |
| Old Chinese | /*r̥aj/ (E dialect: *r̥- > trh-) |
| English | demon |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 螭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7796 |
| Phonetic component | 离 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 摛 |
| Old Chinese | /*r̥ʰel/ |

### Definitions

螭
* (Chinese mythology) legendary hornless dragon (often used as a decorative motif in ancient times)
* Alternative form of 魑 (chī, “mountain demon”)

### Compounds

* 螭吻
* 螭虎
* 螭陛
* 螭頭舫／螭头舫
* 螭首
* 螭魅 (chīmèi)
* 蟠螭紋／蟠螭纹 (pánchīwén)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ち (chi)
* Kun: みずち (mizuchi)

## Korean
### Hanja

螭 • (ri>i, chi) (hangeul 리>이, 치, revised ri>i, chi, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, ch'i, Yale li>i, chi)
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