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獰

獰

See also: 狞

Translingual

Han character

獰 (radical 94 犬+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大竹十心弓 (KHJPN), four-corner 43221)

  1. ferocious appearance
  2. hideous

References

  • KangXi: page 720, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20755
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1132, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1375, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+7370

Chinese

trad. 獰
simp. 狞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (寧) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
濘 *neːs, *neːŋʔ, *neːŋs
獰 *rnaːŋ
檸 *rnaːŋʔ
儜 *rneːŋ
薴 *rneːŋ
鬡 *rneːŋ
鑏 *rneːŋ
嬣 *rneːŋ
寍 *neːŋ
寗 *neːŋs
甯 *neːŋs
寧 *neːŋ
鸋 *neːŋ, *neːŋs
嚀 *neːŋ
聹 *neːŋ, *neːŋʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 獰
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 娘 (12)
Final (韻) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 乃庚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɳˠæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɳᵚaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /naŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɳaɨjŋ/
Li
Rong		 /nɐŋ/
Wang
Li		 /nɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /nɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 néng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 獰
Reading # 1/1
No. 9546
Phonetic
component		 寧
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 鬤
Old
Chinese		 /*rnaːŋ/

Definitions

獰

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Compounds

  • 獰笑／狞笑
  • 獰視／狞视
  • 生獰／生狞
  • 面目猙獰／面目狰狞

Japanese

Kanji

獰

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

  • 獰猛 (どうもう, dōmō and ねいもう, neimō)

Korean

Hanja

獰 • ‎(yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune-Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

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