狠

狠

See also: 狼

狠 U+72E0, 狠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72E0 ← 狟 [U+72DF] CJK Unified Ideographs 狡 → [U+72E1]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𦴭, 𡍭, 𪙈

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		狠

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hěn (hen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): han²
• Min Nan (POJ): hún / hūn / hīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄣˇ
    • Wade–Giles: hên³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heen
    • IPA ^(key): /xən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: han²
    • Yale: hán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: han²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hen²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐn³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún
    • Tâi-lô: hún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huon
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūn
    • Tâi-lô: hūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hun²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīn
    • Tâi-lô: hīn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hin²²/

Definitions

狠

1. vicious, cruel
2. severely, extreme

Compounds

下狠 傲狠 凶狠 好勇鬥狠／好勇斗狠 心狠 (xīnhěn) 心狠手辣 惡狠狠／恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn) 氣狠狠／气狠狠 沒事狠／没事狠 狠劣

狠命 狠心 (hěnxīn) 狠惡／狠恶 狠愎自用 狠戾 狠手 狠招 狠毒 (hěndú) 狠狠的 發狠／发狠 (fāhěn)

發老狠／发老狠 羊狠狼貪／羊狠狼贪 耍狠 負氣鬥狠／负气斗狠 貪狠／贪狠 賭狠／赌狠 野狠 陰狠／阴狠 面善心狠 (miànshàn xīnhěn)

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Japanese

Kanji

狠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

狠 (ngận)

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