狐
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fox
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 犬 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 狐
- Common rank
- #1,845
- Unicode
- U+72D0
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
fox · Heisig RSH #2828
pack of wild dogs + 瓜 melon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 狐
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狐假虎威 | lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intim… | |
| 社鼠城狐 | lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others'… | |
| 北极狐 | arctic fox | |
| 狐群狗党 | a skulk of foxes, a pack of dogs (idiom); a gang of rogues | |
| 白狐 | arctic fox | |
| 九尾狐 | nine-tailed fox (mythological creature) | |
| 狐步舞 | fox-trot (ballroom dance) (loanword) | |
| 火狐 | Firefox (web browser) | |
| 火狐 | red panda (Ailurus fulgens); red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | |
| 沙漠之狐 | Desert Fox | |
| 狐女 | fox lady; in folk stories, a beautiful girl who will seduce you then reveal herself as a g… | |
| 与狐谋皮 | (idiom) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests (original form of the expression … | |
| 银狐 | silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus); also written 玄狐 | |
| 狐狸尾巴 | lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions; to reveal one's evil nature; evi… | |
| 令狐 | old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣|临猗县[Lin2 yi1 Xian4], Shanxi); two-characte… | |
| 狐朋狗友 | a pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels | |
| 搜狐网 | Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company | |
| 兔死狐悲 | lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded… | |
| 赤狐 | red fox (Vulpes vulpes) | |
| 野狐禅 | heresy |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 瓜 — compare how they read.