懂中文 Dong Chinese

狼

láng

wolf

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 良 represents the sound.

Components
犭 meaning component

犭  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

良 sound component

良  Sound component

liáng

  

good

Evolution

狼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
狼 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
狼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

狼  

láng

wolf; CL:匹[pǐ],隻|只[zhī],條|条[tiáo]

Most common words with 狼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

狼

wolf

狼狈

in a difficult situation

色狼

lecher

天狼星

Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座

狼藉

in a mess