狮 — Chinese character
狮
shī
lion
- Pinyin
- shī
- Radical
- 94 ⽝ (Dog)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 犭 师
- Formation
- pictophonetic — animal; meaning component 犭; sound component 师
- Traditional
- 獅
Common words with 狮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狮子 (獅子) | shī zi | lion; 只 (zhī),头 (tóu) |
| 石狮 (石獅) | shí shī | see 石狮子 (shí shī zi) |
| 雄狮 (雄獅) | xióng shī | male lion |
| 舞狮 (舞獅) | wǔ shī | lion dance (traditional Chinese dance form) |
| 海狮 (海獅) | hǎi shī | sea lion |
| 狮子头 (獅子頭) | shī zi tóu | large meatball ("lion's head") |
| 石狮子 (石獅子) | shí shī zi | guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc |
| 狮鹫 (獅鷲) | shī jiù | griffin |
| 狮子狗 (獅子狗) | shī zi gǒu | Pekingese; Pekinese |
| 山狮 (山獅) | shān shī | mountain lion |
| 雌狮 (雌獅) | cí shī | lioness |
| 狮虎兽 (獅虎獸) | shī hǔ shòu | liger, hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress |
English words written with 狮
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.