狴
Definition
* 〔～犴〕传说中的兽名。古代牢狱门上绘其形状，故又用为牢狱的代称
a kind of tapir; a fierce beast depicted on the door of prisons
Structure
Related substructures
Precursors
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC