螭 — Chinese character
螭
chī
cruel; a young dragon
- Pinyin
- chī
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 虫 离
- Formation
- pictophonetic — worm; meaning component 虫; sound component 离
- Traditional
- 𧕮
Common words with 螭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 螭首 | chī shǒu | hornless dragon head (used as ornamentation, esp. gargoyles) |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.