犴 — Chinese character
犴
àn
wild dog; jail, lock-up
- Pinyin
- àn
- Radical
- 94 ⽝ (Dog)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 犭 干
- Formation
- pictophonetic — dog; meaning component 犭; sound component 干
Common words with 犴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狴犴 | bì àn | (literary) mythical creature resembling a tiger whose image was painted on prison doors; (literary) prison |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.