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

References

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

Chinese

trad.		獰
simp.		狞
alternative forms		𤢆 𤡛

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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng

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

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• Middle Chinese: nraeng

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
Baxter	nraeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳᵚaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/naŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳaɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/nɐŋ/
Wang Li	/nɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	néng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nang4

• 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

1. ferocious; hideous

   猙獰／狰狞  ―  zhēngníng  ―  ferocious; savage; hideous

Compounds

• 猙獰 / 狰狞 (zhēngníng)
• 獰惡 / 狞恶 (níng'è)
• 獰視 / 狞视
• 獰笑 / 狞笑
• 生獰 / 生狞
• 面目猙獰 / 面目狰狞

Japanese

Kanji

獰

(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

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 獰 (MC nraeng).

Hanja

獰 (eumhun 모질 녕 (mojil nyeong) or (word-initial) 영 (yeong))

1. hanja form^? of 녕/영 (“ferocious; hideous”)

Compounds

• 영맹 (獰猛, yeongmaeng, “fierceness, ferocity”)
• 영악 (獰惡, yeong'ak, “ferocity”)
• 영특 (獰慝, yeongteuk, “evil”)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

獰: Hán Việt readings: nanh, ninh
獰: Nôm readings: nanh

1. chữ Nôm form of nanh (“(anatomy) eyetooth; fang; (upper) canine tooth”)
   • 1714, 詩經解音 [Thi kinh giải âm]‎^[2], volume 1, page 19a:

     埃浪𤝞拯固獰，牢黙鑥特墻些。

     Ai rằng chuột chẳng có nanh, sao mặc trổ được tường ta?

     Who says that a mouse does not have fangs? How could it bore through my wall?

Compounds

• 𤢇獰 (vuốt nanh)