狠

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See also: 狼
狠 U+72E0, 狠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72E0
← 狟
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 狡 →

Translingual

Han character

狠 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹日女 (KHAV), four-corner 47232, composition ⿰犭艮)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 710, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20362
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1346, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+72E0

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 狠
alternative forms 很

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 犭 + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns).

Pronunciation

Definitions

狠

  1. vicious; cruel
  2. severely; extreme
  3. (Wu) fierce; ferocious; threatening; unreasonable
  4. (Wu) impressive; skilled; wise; deft; capable

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

狠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): がん (gan)、こん (kon)
  • Kun: もとる (motoru)

Vietnamese

Han character

狠: Hán Nôm readings: ngận

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