狼 — kanji meaning “wolf”
狼
wolf
- Meanings
- wolf
- On'yomi
- ロウ (rou)
- Kun'yomi
- おおかみ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2129 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 94
- Chinese reading
- láng — Chinese character page
Words with 狼
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一匹狼 | いっぴきおおかみ ippikiookami | lone wolf; loner; self-reliant person |
| 狼狽 | ろうばい roubai | confusion; dismay; consternation |
| 狼煙 | のろし noroshi | beacon; skyrocket; signal fire |
| 餓狼 | がろう garou | hungry wolf |
| 狼藉 | ろうぜき rouzeki | disorder; confusion |
| 狼狽える | うろたえる urotaeru | to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind |
| 送り狼 | おくりおおかみ okuriookami | man who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her |
| 虎狼 | ころう korou | tigers and wolves |
| 臥児狼徳 | グリーンランド guriinrando | Greenland |
| 周章狼狽 | しゅうしょうろうばい shuushouroubai | consternation; falling into a panic; fluster |
| 天狼星 | てんろうせい tenrousei | Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star |
| 落花狼藉 | らっかろうぜき rakkarouzeki | running amok; committing violence on; in utter disorder |
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