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Chinese
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to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort |
beast with long backbone; legless insect
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解
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豸
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解
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豸
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Etymology
In Zuo zhuan's chapter Xuan 17, 豸 (OC *dreʔ) was supposedly a graphical loan for 解 (OC *grêʔ) > xiè "to understand". This raises the suspicion that 解 became a pre-syllable in the animal's name due to a misunderstood gloss; 解 "to understand, to distinguish" might also be responsible for the belief that the animal could tell straight from crooked, right from wrong (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Noun
解豸
- Alternative form of 獬豸 (xièzhì, “xiezhi”)