獰

See also: 狞

獰	U+7370, 獰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7370

← 獯
[U+736F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

獱 →
[U+7371]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): níng (ning²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ning⁴
Min Nan (POJ): lêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: níng
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ning²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
  - IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ning⁴
  - Yale: nìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ning⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ning⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /nɪŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
  - Tâi-lô: lîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: /ɳˠæŋ/▼

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

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*rnaːŋ/

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

ferocious; hideous
猙獰 / 狰狞 ― zhēngníng ― ferocious; savage; hideous

Compounds

猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)
獰惡／狞恶

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

Go-on: にょう (nyō)

Kan-on: のう (nō)

Kan’yō-on: どう (dō)

Kun: わるい (warui)

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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