獰

See also: 狞

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

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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
• 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
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • 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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 獰

1. ferocious; hideous

   猙獰／狰狞  ―  zhēngníng  ―  ferocious; savage; hideous

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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)

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Korean

Hanja

獰 • (yeong) (hangeul 영, revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

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