狠

See also: 狼

狠 U+72E0, 狠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72E0 ← 狟 [U+72DF] CJK Unified Ideographs 狡 → [U+72E1]

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		狠
alternative forms		很

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
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵hen

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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, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún
    • Tâi-lô: hún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huon
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵hen
    • MiniDict: hen^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hən³⁴/

Definitions

狠

1. vicious; cruel
2. severely; extreme
3. (Wu) fierce; ferocious; threatening; unreasonable
4. (Wu) impressive; skilled; wise; deft; capable

   • 同學裡向，渠算狠𡀂。 [Ningbonese, trad.]
     同学里向，渠算狠𡀂。 [Ningbonese, simp.]

     Out of all the classmates, she's one of the most capable.

   • 渠毛筆字寫得危險狠。 [Wu, trad.]
     渠毛笔字写得危险狠。 [Wu, simp.]

     From: 1996, Cao Zhiyun, 金華方言詞典, page 206

     She is extremely deft at brush calligraphy.

Compounds

• 下狠
• 五筋狠六筋
• 傲狠
• 凶狠 (xiōnghěn)
• 好勇鬥狠／好勇斗狠 (hàoyǒngdòuhěn)
• 心狠 (xīnhěn)
• 心狠手辣 (xīnhěnshǒulà)
• 惡狠狠／恶狠狠 (èhěnhěn)
• 氣狠狠／气狠狠
• 沒事狠／没事狠
• 狠三狠四
• 狠劣
• 狠命
• 狠天碌地
• 狠天落地
• 狠心 (hěnxīn)
• 狠性命
• 狠惡／狠恶
• 狠愎自用
• 狠戾
• 狠手
• 狠招
• 狠毒 (hěndú)
• 狠狠的
• 狠話／狠话 (hěnhuà)
• 狠霸霸
• 發狠／发狠 (fāhěn)
• 發老狠／发老狠
• 羊狠狼貪／羊狠狼贪
• 耍狠
• 負氣鬥狠／负气斗狠
• 貪狠／贪狠
• 賭狠／赌狠
• 野狠
• 陰狠／阴狠
• 面善心狠 (miànshàn xīnhěn)

 

Japanese

Kanji

狠

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

Vietnamese

Han character

狠: Hán Nôm readings: ngận

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