níng

ferocious appearance

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
犭 meaning component

  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

is a component form of .

宁 sound component

  Sound component

zhùníngnìng

  

peaceful, (storage container)

Definitions

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níng

ferocious appearance; hideous; fierce-looking

Most common words with 狞
Freq.
Word
Meaning

狰狞

malevolent

狞笑

evil grin

fierce-looking