狞 — Chinese character
狞
níng
fierce; hideous
- Pinyin
- níng
- Radical
- 94 ⽝ (Dog)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 犭 宁
- Formation
- pictophonetic — dog; meaning component 犭; sound component 宁
- Traditional
- 獰
Common words with 狞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狰狞 (猙獰) | zhēng níng | malevolent; fierce |
| 狞笑 (獰笑) | níng xiào | to laugh nastily; evil grin |
| 狞猫 (獰貓) | níng māo | caracal |
English words written with 狞
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.