狞

狞

See also: 獰

狞 U+72DE, 狞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72DE ← 狝 [U+72DD] CJK Unified Ideographs 狟 → [U+72DF]

Translingual

Han character

狞 (radical 94, 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹十一弓 (KHJMN), composition ⿰犭宁)

1. ferocious appearance
2. hideous

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 709, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1341, character 11
• Unihan data for U+72DE

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 狞 – see 獰 (“ferocious; hideous”). (This character, 狞, is the simplified form of 獰.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.