Character: 犀
Modern (Beijing) reading: xī
Preclassic Old Chinese: slhǝ̄j
Classic Old Chinese: sl̥ǝ̄j
Western Han Chinese: sl̥ǝ̄j
Eastern Han Chinese: l̥ǝ̄j
Early Postclassic Chinese: sǝ̄j
Middle Postclassic Chinese: sǝ̄j
Late Postclassic Chinese: sǝ̄j
Middle Chinese: siej
English meaning : rhinoceros
Russian meaning[s]: 1) носорог; 2) твердый, крепкий
Comments: Also used for the homonymous *slhǝ̄j 'melon seed' (thus in Shi 57.2).
Radical: 93
Four-angle index: 2474
Karlgren code: 0596 a-b
Shijing occurrences: 57.2_
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