猙

Information about character(s)

Radical: 犬
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Simplified Form: 狰

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhēng
Cantonese: zaang1 zang1
JapaneseOn: SOU SHOU JOU
Korean: CAYNG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: fierce-looking, ferocious

CE-Dict: hideous/fierce-looking

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.ferocious; savage; hideous

康熙字典文字版 【巳集下】【犬字部】猙
【廣韻】側莖切【集韻】甾莖切，𠀤音爭。【廣韻】獸名。似豹，一角五尾。【山海經】章峨之山有獸焉，狀如赤豹，五尾一角，音如擊石，其名如猙。【註】一曰似狐有翼。黃氏續騷經曰：梟授翼於獰猙。　又【集韻】中莖切，音玎。猙獰，犬毛。　又【廣韻】【集韻】𠀤疾郢切，音靜。【廣韻】獸似狐，有翼。【集韻】飛狐也。【山海經·如猙註】郭璞曰：本音靜。

Han-De-Dict: abscheulich, scheußlich (u.E.)