"貔貅" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [çikʲɨː] Forms: 貔貅 [canonical] (ruby: (), (きゅう)), hikyū [romanization], fikiu [romanization], ひきう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ひきゅう|hhira=ひきう}} 貔(ひ)貅(きゅう) • (hikyū) ^(←ひきう (fikiu)?)
  1. (Chinese mythology) pixiu, a mythical horned animal that is believed to bring luck Tags: Chinese
    Sense id: en-貔貅-ja-noun-x97aheGY Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Chinese mythology, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 12 40 4 40 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 44 2 44 3 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 76 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 79 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 53 47 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 79 21 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (figurative) fierce warrior Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-貔貅-ja-noun-XaZ8cq7N Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 53 47
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      "form": "hikyū",
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        "(figurative) fierce warrior"
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      "ipa": "[çikʲɨː]"
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "貔貅",
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        ]
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Download raw JSONL data for 貔貅 meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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