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).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hěn (hen³)

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): han²
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hyng³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hún / hūn / hīn
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵hen / ³hen / ⁶ghen

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/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hyng³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hṳ̂ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyŋ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hyng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyŋ³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hún
  - Tâi-lô: hún
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huon
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /hun⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūn
  - Tâi-lô: hūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hun
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hun²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīn
  - Tâi-lô: hīn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hin
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hin²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵hen
  - MiniDict: hen^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²hen
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hən³⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ³hen
  - MiniDict: hen^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /hən⁵¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /həŋ⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /hən⁴³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /həŋ³²⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /hɐŋ³⁵/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ghen
  - MiniDict: ghen^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦən²³¹/

Note:

Suzhou:
- 3hen - “skilled”;
- 6ghen - “cruel”.

Definitions

狠

vicious; cruel
severely; extreme
(Wu) fierce; ferocious; threatening; unreasonable
(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.
- 1996, Cao Zhiyun, 金華方言詞典, page 206:
  
  渠毛筆字寫得危險狠。 [Wu, trad.]
  渠毛笔字写得危险狠。 [Wu, simp.]
  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 (hěnlì)
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)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 狠 – see 貌 (“facial appearance; facial features; looks; outward appearance; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 貌).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 狠 – see 豤 (“to gnaw”). (This character is a variant form of 豤).

References

Japanese

Kanji

狠

(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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