HSK10+
níng
ferocious appearance
Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 宁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 獰.
犭 Meaning component
quǎn
dog
犭 is a component form of 犬.
宁 Sound component
zhù, níng, nìng
peaceful, (storage container)
狞 (獰)
ferocious appearance; hideous; fierce-looking
狰狞
malevolent
狞笑
evil grin
狞
fierce-looking
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Unicode
Dong Chinese
CC-CEDICT
MTSU Chinese text computing