Chinese Character 狰 Meanings and components.

Form

狰

Meaning

狰 meaning[3] in English

Hideous.

Fierce-Looking.

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Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with KHNSD

How to write 狰

To write狰zheng1hideous you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 争zheng1to strive … arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 争 = 狰

狰 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

狰
Pinyin:zheng1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Hideous . Fierce-Looking
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
争
Pinyin:zheng1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Strive For . To Vie For . To Argue Or Debate . Deficient Or Lacking (Dialect) . How Or What (Literary)
𠂊
Pinyin:𠂊5 Shape:一
肀
Pinyin:yu4 Shape:一

Notes

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

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

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