狴犴

bì'àn
  1. (literary, Chinese mythology) legendary tiger-like beast whose image used to be painted on prison doors
  2. (literary, figurative) prison
  3. legendary tiger-like beast whose image used to be painted on prison doors
  4. prison

Wiktionary

Homographs

狴犴 bìàn
  1. (literary) mythical creature resembling a tiger whose image was painted on prison doors
  2. (literary) prison

Entry Composition

1 狴 bì used in 狴犴 bìàn
2 犴 àn used in 狴犴 bìàn