Si Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Dog (quǎn)
12 Kangxi strokes
Page 713, Entry 05
Pronounced zheng.
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Name of a beast. It resembles a leopard, has one horn and five tails. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): On Mount Zhang'e there is a beast. Its appearance is like a red leopard, with five tails and one horn; its sound is like striking stone; its name is zheng. Commentary: Another source says it resembles a fox with wings. The Continuation of the Li Sao (Xu Sao Jing) by the Huang family says: The owl granted wings to the ferocious.
Also pronounced ding. Zhengning, the fur of a dog.
Also pronounced jing.
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): A beast resembling a fox, with wings. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): A flying fox. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing), commentary on zheng: Guo Pu says: The original pronunciation is jing.