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Meaning of 犀

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犀
Pinyin: xī
English Definition: rhinoceros; sharp
Chinese Definition:
①哺乳动物,形状略像牛,皮粗而厚,多皱纹。角生在鼻上,产于印度一带的只生一只角,产于非洲的有两只角,可做器物,亦可入药(通称“犀牛”):犀角。犀甲。犀照。灵犀。
②坚固:犀舟(坚固的船)。犀利(锐利;锋利)。
Total strokes: 12; Radical: 牛
Ideographic:An ox 牛 with a tail 尾
Character Formation:
  • ⿸ Surround from upper left
    • 尾 [ wěi ] tail; extremity, end; back, rear
    • 牛 [ niú ] ox, cow, bull
Similar Characters: 屒
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Example Words
犀利 xī lì sharp; incisive; penetrating
犀牛 xī niú rhinoceros
灵犀 líng xī rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers; fig. mutual sensitivity; tacit exchange of romantic feelings; a meeting of minds
心有灵犀一点通 xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
犀鸟 xī niǎo hornbill
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Example Sentences
1
嗨
,
快来看呐
,
这是小铁甲犀
!
Hi, come to see hurrah immediately, this is the small armor Xi!
2
表皮产生角质角
,
如牛
、
羊的角质鞘及犀的表皮角
,
真皮形成骨质角
,
如鹿角
。
Epidermal keratinocytes produced angle, such as cattle, sheep skin sheath and rhinoceros skin Kok, dermal bone formation angle, such as the Antlers.
3
表皮角
,
完全由表皮角质层的毛状角质纤维所组成
,
无骨质成分
,
为犀科所特有
。
Epidermal Kok, entirely by the epidermal layer formed by hairy horny fiber, no bone composition, for the rhinoceros Branch unique.
4
王伴月
,
1965
,
山东临朐山旺中新世犀类一新种
,
古脊椎动物与古人类
,
9
(
1
)
:
109
-
112
。
Wang B. Y. , 1965, New vertebrate fossils from Shanwang, Linqu, Shandong. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 9(1): 109-112. (In Chinese with English abstract.
5
小黑和小铁甲犀正在帐篷外面
,
在它们前面聚了一些佣兵
,
一个个目露奇光
——
那是贪婪的神色
。
Small black and small armor Xi fair outside the tent, before gathered some mercenary soldiers at them, an eyes expose strange light-that is the penurious wind.