The Chinese Radical: 犭


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Meaning
wild animal    犭

Explanation Shows in particular a wild dog on its hind legs.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
dog
gǒu
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: sentence (here: dog house , with a dog ) [The character also means 'dog' but is preferably used for categories/races.]
The animal in the dog house is a dog.
JLPT HSK 1
cat
māo
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: seedling (The 'grass' on the field are actually the seedlings.)
(Cats like to hunt on fields watching mouse holes.) The animal at the seedlings is: a cat.
JLPT HSK 4
to guess, assume, conjecture
cāi
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: green/blue (Growing plants appear in the moonshine blue and young.)
When a wild animal appears like a plant in the moonshine, one only can guess (what it is).
JLPT HSK 4
to catch, to capture, to reap, to harvest, to obtain
huò
Top: plant , bottom: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), dog
(When using sticks as a trap) With plants wild animals or dogs can be caught.
JLPT HSK 4
to stroll, to roam, to visit
guàng
Left: movement , right: mad/wild 狂 (The wild animal of the king is mad.)
The movement is mad, when the wild animal with the king is strolling or roaming.
JLPT HSK 5
as if, (just) like, still, Jewish
yóu
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: outstanding (Despite the broken leg [= ] the emphasis makes the big person: outstanding)
If the wild animal is outstanding, it is an: "as if".
JLPT HSK 5
alone, independent, single, sole, only

Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: insect (The body and the sting ム of an insect.)
Wild animal and insects typically stay alone.
JLPT HSK 5
pig, swine, hog
zhū
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: person (old man on the sun )
(In our household ) The "wild animal" that is with the persons is the domestic pig.
JLPT HSK 5
monkey
hóu
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: marquis (The person to whom another person with an arrow bows down, is a marquis.)
A wild animal acting like a marquis is: the monkey.
JLPT HSK 5
lion
shī
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: master, teacher 师 (knife, 帀 = as head and fabric as fur)
(The lion's fur is popular) The animal that you skin with a knife over its head is: the lion.
JLPT HSK 5
crafty, cunning, sly
jiǎo
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: exchange, crossing (six crosses )
He behaved like a wild animal in that exchange, because he is: crafty.
JLPT HSK 5
mad, wild, violent
kuáng
Left: animal (dog on the hind legs), right: king
The dog of the king is mad.
JLPT HSK 5
sly, crafty, slick, deceitful
huá
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: skeleton, bone (image of a vertebra, cover , body/flesh )
A wild animal wants to get the bones and is sly /crafty.
JLPT HSK 6
ferocious, violent, suddenly, fierce, abrupt
měng
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: eldest brother (child , bowl/plate )
The animal has a child in its bowl: It was ferocious and violent.
JLPT HSK 6
narrow, narrow-minded, tight
xiá
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: squeezed in (A husband between persons (=) is squeezed. cf. traditional form 狹)
The animal is squeezed in because it is too narrow.
JLPT HSK 6
prison, jail, penitentiary

From left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), word /, dog (The big person holds it in the arms)
A wild animal turns by one word (= sentence of a judge) into a tame dog: in prison.
JLPT HSK 6
criminal crime, to offend, violate, assault
fàn
Left: animal (dog on the hind legs), right: slumped person
An animal protects a slumped person from a crime.
JLPT HSK 6
fierce, vicious, heartless
hěn
Left: wild animal , right: 'not good' ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
The wild animal is not good: It is fierce and vicious.
JLPT HSK 6
hunting
liè
Left: wild animal (here: hound [dog for hunting]), right: former times (Together in the sun we think of former times.)
Hounds were formerly used for hunting.
JLPT HSK 6
wolf (biol.)
láng
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: good
The wild animal, that is good (because it's clever) is the wolf.
JLPT HSK 6
wretched, in a difficult situation, distressed
bèi
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: money /貝
Even a wild animal needs money or it is wretched.
JLPT no HSK
fox-like animal (i.e. raccoon)

Left: wild animal , right: village (Fields and earth belong to a village)
The wild animals at my village are fox-alikes.
JLPT no HSK
barbarians, non-Han tribes (ancient)

Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: fire
They are 'wild animals" (but at least) with fire: The barbarians.
JLPT no HSK
to hunt, to go hunting
shòu
Left: animal , right: protect 守 (A roof or a skillful hand can guard)
Animals can for the protection (of the environment) be hunted.
JLPT no HSK
hamadryad baboon
fèi
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: denial (A bow with two strings || is to be denied.)
The animal that (is playful) and makes denials is the baboon.
JLPT no HSK
ape
yuán
Left: wild animal , right: long robe (old) (Down to the ground reaches the sleeve of this clothes : the long robe.)
An animal in a long robe appears like: a monkey.
JLPT no HSK
abrupt, sudden, unexpected

Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: soldier, suddenly (Between rotary discs , are soldiers who die suddenly.)
Like a wild animal, suddenly: such suddenly!
JLPT no HSK
fox

Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: melon, pumpkin (image of a melon in a rope loop hanging from a frame)
This wild animal has (the color) of a pumpkin: the fox.
JLPT no HSK
ferocious, savage, furious
chāng
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: flourish, prosperous (Two suns and it is flourishing.)
A wild animal that "flourishes" is ferocious.
JLPT no HSK
malevolent, fierce-looking, hideous
níng
Left: wild animal (dog on hind legs), right: peace, calm (If the roof is built with nails , you have your peace.)
A wild animal that (pretends) to be peaceful is: malevolent.
JLPT no HSK
ape
xīng
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: star (Suns that live are the stars.)
Amoung the wild animals, he is the star: The ape!
JLPT no HSK
to spy, to lie in ambush, macaque

Left: wild animal (dog on hind legs), right: in addition/moreover (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
The dog behind the pile of stone is in an ambush to spy.
JLPT no HSK
ripples on water, swirling, small wave

Left: water , right: 猗 (wild animal , strange, odd ) [ = It is a big possibility but it looks strange.]
Water, which is like a wild animal, so strange, is a small rippled wave.
JLPT no HSK
unruly, rampant, rude
jué
Left: wild animal , right: 厥 (cliff , disobedient [A plant's shoot that grows crooked is disobedient.], lack )
The animal that has been pushed to the cliff because of a disobedient lack is unruly.
JLPT no HSK
monkey
guǒ
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: fruit, result (= The "rice field" at the tree )
The wild animal at the fruits of the tree, is: the monkey.

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