兽
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beast; animal; beastly; bestial
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 八 +9
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 獸
- Common rank
- #1,271
- Unicode
- U+517D
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Formation & memory
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Words with 兽
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人面兽心 | (lit.) human face, beastly heart (idiom); (fig.) mild in appearance but malicious in natur… | |
| 兽病理学 | veterinary pathology | |
| 罗马斗兽场 | Colosseum (Rome) | |
| 十大神兽 | the Baidu 10 mythical creatures (a set of hoax animals and puns linked to PRC Internet cen… | |
| 山西兽 | Shansitherium fuguensis (early giraffe) | |
| 兽脚亚目 | suborder Theropoda (beast-footed dinosaur group) within order Saurischia containing carniv… | |
| 兽力车 | animal-drawn vehicle; carriage | |
| 草木鸟兽 | flora and fauna | |
| 率兽食人 | lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the pe… | |
| 作鸟兽散 | lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom); fig. to head off in various directions; to fle… | |
| 如鸟兽散 | (lit.) to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom); (fig.) to flee in all directions | |
| 兽医学 | veterinary medicine; veterinary science | |
| 独角兽 | unicorn | |
| 兽性 | brutal | |
| 兽行 | brutal act; bestiality | |
| 兽脚类恐龙 | theropod (beast-footed dinosaur group); suborder Theropoda within order Saurischia contain… | |
| 鸟兽散 | to scatter like birds and beasts | |
| 神兽 | mythological animal | |
| 滴水嘴兽 | gargoyle (architecture) | |
| 兽交 | bestiality (sex with an animal) |