Chinese Character 狠 Meanings and components.

Form

狠

Meaning

狠 meaning[3] in English

Ruthless.

Fierce.

Ferocious.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 狠 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and blunt (艮)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with KHAV

How to write 狠

To write狠hen3ruthless you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 艮gen3blunt arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 艮 = 狠

狠 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 狠 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 狠, looks as follow:

狠
Pinyin:hen3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ruthless . Fierce . Ferocious . Determined . To Harden (One'S Heart) . Old Variant Of 很[Hen3]
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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