狼
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wolf; CL:匹[pi3],隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 犬 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 狼
- Common rank
- #1,222
- Unicode
- U+72FC
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
wolf · Heisig RSH #2514
pack of wild dogs + halo
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 狼
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 前门打虎，后门打狼 | to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig.… | |
| 中山狼传 | The Wolf of Zhongshan, fable by Ma Zhongxi 馬中錫|马中锡[Ma3 Zhong1 xi1] | |
| 大尾巴狼 | (coll.) person who puts on an act: feigning ignorance, pretending to be solicitous, acting… | |
| 空手套白狼 | (coll.) to make big gains without putting in effort or resources | |
| 白眼狼 | thankless wretch; an ingrate | |
| 狼子野心 | ambition of wild wolves (idiom); rapacious designs | |
| 天狼星 | Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座 | |
| 黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，没安好心 | see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huang2 shu3 lang2 gei3 ji1 bai4 nian2] | |
| 前门拒虎，后门进狼 | to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig.… | |
| 狼烟四起 | fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war | |
| 大灰狼 | big bad wolf | |
| 狼多肉少 | many wolves and not enough meat; not enough to go around | |
| 狼牙山 | Mount Langya in Hebei | |
| 大野狼 | big bad wolf | |
| 舍不得孩子套不住狼 | one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb); (fig.) one … | |
| 全身性红斑狼疮 | systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) | |
| 狼人 | werewolf | |
| 狼头 | variant of 榔頭|榔头[lang2 tou5] | |
| 引狼入室 | (lit.) to show the wolf into the house (idiom); (fig.) to introduce a potential source of … | |
| 色狼 | lecher; pervert; wolf |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 良 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 良 sound part | good, virtuous, respectable | |
| 浪 | breaker, wave; reckless, wasteful | |
| 娘 | mother; young girl; woman; wife | |
| 朗 | bright, clear, distinct | |
| 粮 | food, grain, provisions | |
| 酿 | to ferment, to brew | |
| 琅 | pure, white; carnelian | |
| 踉 | to hop, to jump; hurried, urgent | |
| 锒 | chain, lock; ornament | |
| 稂 | grass; weeds | |
| 莨 | Japanese belladonna; Scopolia japonica |