虬

See also: 虯

虬 U+866C, 虬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-866C ← 虫 [U+866B] CJK Unified Ideographs 虭 → [U+866D]

Translingual

Han character

虬 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+1, 7 strokes, cangjie input 中戈山 (LIU), composition ⿰虫乚)

1. young dragon

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1076, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32805
• Dae Jaweon: page 1545, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2833, character 3
• Unihan data for U+866C

Chinese

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
艽	*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
芁	*kriːw
荍	*ɡiw
叫	*kiːws
訆	*kiːws
嘂	*kiːws
收	*qʰljɯw, *qʰljɯws
糾	*kɯw, *krɯwʔ
朻	*kɯw, *krɯw, *krɯwʔ
丩	*kɯw, *krɯw
赳	*krɯw, *krɯwʔ
虬	*ɡrɯw
虯	*ɡrɯw
觓	*ɡrɯw

Characters in the same phonetic series (丩) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 虬 – see 虯 (“young dragon with horns; twisted; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 虯).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.