Chinese symbol for “hyena”

鬣狗

liè gǒu

hyena

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hyena is 鬣狗 (liè gǒu), defined as: hyena.

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Characters and stroke order

鬣 liè

a man's whiskers; a horse's mane; a fish's fin

radical 190 ⾽ · 25 strokes

狗 gǒu

dog

radical 94 ⽝ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鬣狗.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
鬣蜥	liè xī	iguana
鬣毛	liè máo	mane
狗狗	gǒu gōu	(coll.) dog; doggie
小狗	xiǎo gǒu	pup; puppy
狗屁	gǒu pì	bullshit; nonsense
走狗	zǒu gǒu	hunting dog; hound
狗肉	gǒu ròu	dog meat
狗屎	gǒu shǐ	canine excrement; dog poo

See also: Japanese symbol for “hyena”.

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.