犀

xī

rhinoceros · sharp

Radical: 牛 Strokes: 12

Structure: Top-left surroundFrequency: Less common

Same radical

牛牵牢犁牟犟牮

Same radical

牛牵牢犁牟犟牮

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Character Decomposition

犀=尾+牛

Etymology

An ox 牛 with a tail 尾

Meanings

rhinoceros

sharp

xī

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Words with 犀 162 total

osmanthus木犀mù xi

Idioms with 犀 13 total Chain

hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one心有灵犀一点通xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng