HSK10+
zhēng
fierce-looking
Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 爭 represents the sound.
犭 Meaning component
quǎn
dog
犭 is a component form of 犬.
爭 Sound component
strife, quarrel
狰 (猙)
fierce-looking, ferocious; hideous; fierce-looking
狰狞
malevolent
狰
hideous
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Unicode
Dong Chinese
CC-CEDICT
MTSU Chinese text computing