Si Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Dog (quǎn)
Page 709, Entry 13
Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), and Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes) state the pronunciation is yue.
Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters) states: the appearance of a beast running.
Book of Rites (Liji), Section: The Evolution of Rites (Liyun): If the qilin is kept as a domestic animal, then beasts will not run away in fear.
Annotation: The term denotes the appearance of running.
Sub-commentary: The term denotes running in fright.
Explanation of Texts: Pronounced kuang-yue.
Additionally, Guangyun (Broad Rhymes) states: the name of a beast.
Note: In the original Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters), this was written as the character with the radical for dog and the element for yue. The Zhengzitong (Correction of Character Errors) states: popular editions of the Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters) erroneously use the radical for xu, which is incorrect.