豸
豸: beast radical
beast radical; legless insect
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タイ・チ
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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
獬豸は、正しい者と悪い者を見分けて角で突くとされる伝説の獣だ。
The xiezhi is a legendary beast said to tell the just from the wicked and gore the guilty with its horn.
古い法廷の入り口には、公正さの象徴として獬豸の像が置かれていた。
At the entrance of the old court stood a statue of a xiezhi as a symbol of fairness.
ゲームの中で、獬豸は主人公に正義の試練を課す神獣として登場する。
In the game, the xiezhi appears as a divine beast that sets the hero a trial of justice.