狠

See also: 狼

Translingual

Han character

狠 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: page 710, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20362
• Dae Jaweon: page 1122, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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／形声) : semantic 犭 + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hěn (hen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): han²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hún / hūn / hīn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hěn
    • Wade–Giles: hên³
    • Yale: hěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heen
    • Palladius: хэнь (xɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xən²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: han²
    • Yale: hán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: han²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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

(deprecated template usage) 狠

1. vicious, cruel
2. severely, extreme

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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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

(deprecated template usage) 狠 (ngận)

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