狸
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(bound form) used in the names of small mammals
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 犬 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 狸
- Common rank
- #2,561
- Unicode
- U+72F8
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
raccoon dog · Heisig RSH #1589
pack of wild dogs + computer
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 狸
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花面狸 | masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) | |
| 果子狸 | masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) | |
| 海狸鼠 | (zoology) coypu; nutria | |
| 狸花猫 | Dragon Li (modern Chinese cat breed) | |
| 狐狸尾巴 | lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions; to reveal one's evil nature; evi… | |
| 狸子 | leopard cat | |
| 海狸 | beaver | |
| 河狸 | beaver | |
| 老狐狸 | (fig.) old fox; a wily, shrewd person | |
| 狐狸精 | fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress | |
| 狐狸座 | (astronomy) Vulpecula | |
| 狸猫 | leopard cat; (literary) various small wild mammals (including raccoon dog, civet, wildcat) | |
| 穷鼠啮狸 | a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on | |
| 熊狸 | binturong; bearcat | |
| 狸奴 | cat (literary or jocular) | |
| 狐狸 | fox; (fig.) sly or crafty person | |
| 沼狸 | (zoology) coypu; nutria |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 里 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 里 sound part | unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane | |
| 理 | science, reason, logic; to manage | |
| 埋 | to bury; to conceal; to plant | |
| 厘 | one thousandth | |
| 哩 | mile | |
| 鲤 | carp | |
| 俚 | rustic, vulgar, unpolished; mean | |
| 悝 | to laugh at; to pity; sad; afflicted | |
| 陧 | chaos, disorder | |
| 锂 | lithium | |
| 娌 | brother's wife |