狠

See also: 狼

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 犭 + phonetic 艮

Han character

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

1. vicious, cruel
2. severely, extreme

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

---

Cantonese

Hanzi

狠 (Jyutping han2, Yale han2)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

---

Japanese

Kanji

狠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

Readings

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

---

Mandarin

Hanzi

狠 (Pinyin hěn (hen3), Wade-Giles hen³), yín, yán, kěn, hǎng

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

狠 (ngận)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.