Chinese symbol for “cynic”
犬儒
quǎn rú
cynic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cynic is 犬儒 (quǎn rú), defined as: cynic.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 犬儒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警犬 | jǐng quǎn | police dog |
| 猎犬 (獵犬) | liè quǎn | hound; hunting dog |
| 狂犬病 | kuáng quǎn bìng | rabies |
| 牧羊犬 | mù yáng quǎn | sheepdog |
| 鹰犬 (鷹犬) | yīng quǎn | hawks and hounds; (fig.) running dogs |
| 犬齿 (犬齒) | quǎn chǐ | canine tooth |
| 侏儒 | zhū rú | person with dwarfism; dwarf |
| 儒雅 | rú yǎ | scholarly; refined |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cynic”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.