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豸

豸: beast radical

beast radical; legless insect
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Readings

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豸 is best known as a radical (in kanji for animals) and in 獬豸 (かいち), a mythical beast that judges right from wrong.

Key words

獬豸かいちXiezhi, a justice beast

Example sentences

The xiezhi is a legendary beast said to tell the just from the wicked and gore the guilty with its horn.

At the entrance of the old court stood a statue of a xiezhi as a symbol of fairness.

In the game, the xiezhi appears as a divine beast that sets the hero a trial of justice.

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