狗 |
dog
Left: animal 犭, right: sentence 句 (here: dog house 勹, with a dog 口) [The character 犬 also means 'dog' but is preferably used for categories/races.] The animal in the dog house is a dog. |
猫 |
cat
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: seedling 苗 (The 'grass' 艹 on the field 田 are actually the seedlings.) (Cats like to hunt on fields watching mouse holes.) The animal at the seedlings is: a cat. |
猜 |
to guess, assume, conjecture
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: green/blue 青 (Growing plants  appear in the moonshine 月 blue and young.) When a wild animal appears like a plant in the moonshine, one only can guess (what it is). |
获 |
to catch, to capture, to reap, to harvest, to obtain
Top: plant 艹, bottom: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), dog 犬 (When using sticks as a trap) With plants wild animals or dogs can be caught. |
逛 |
to stroll, to roam, to visit
Left: movement 辶, right: mad/wild 狂 (The wild animal 犭of the king 王 is mad.) The movement is mad, when the wild animal with the king is strolling or roaming. |
犹 |
as if, (just) like, still, Jewish
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: outstanding 尤 (Despite the broken leg 尢 [= 乚] the emphasis 丶 makes the big 大 person: outstanding) If the wild animal is outstanding, it is an: "as if". |
独 |
alone, independent, single, sole, only
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: insect 虫 Wild animal and insects typically stay alone. |
猪 |
pig, swine, hog
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日 (In our household 家) The "wild animal" that is with the persons is the domestic pig. |
猴 |
monkey
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: marquis 侯 (The person 人 to whom another person ⺈ with an arrow 矢 bows down, is a marquis.) A wild animal acting like a marquis is: the monkey. |
狮 |
lion
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: master, teacher 师 (knife刂, 帀 = 一 as head and fabric 巾 as fur) (The lion's fur is popular) The animal that you skin with a knife over its head is: the lion. |
狡 |
crafty, cunning, sly
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅) He behaved like a wild animal in that exchange, because he is: crafty. |
狂 |
mad, wild, violent
Left: animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: king 王 The dog of the king is mad. |
猾 |
sly, crafty, slick, deceitful
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: skeleton, bone 骨 (image of a vertebra, cover 冖, body/flesh 月) A wild animal wants to get the bones and is sly /crafty. |
猛 |
ferocious, violent, suddenly, fierce, abrupt
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: eldest brother 孟 (child 子, bowl/plate 皿) The animal has a child in its bowl: It was ferocious and violent. |
狭 |
narrow, narrow-minded, tight
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed. cf. traditional form 狹) The animal is squeezed in because it is too narrow. |
狱 |
prison, jail, penitentiary
From left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), word 讠/言, dog 犬 A wild animal becomes by one word (= sentence of a judge) a tame dog: in prison. |
犯 |
criminal crime, to offend, violate, assault
Left: animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: slumped person 㔾 An animal protects a slumped person from a crime. |
狠 |
fierce, vicious, heartless
Left: wild animal 犭, right: 'not good' 艮 ('good' would be 良, but the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good') The wild animal is not good: It is fierce and vicious. |
猎 |
hunting
Left: wild animal 犭(here: hound [dog for hunting]), right: former times 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of former times.) Hounds were formerly used for hunting. |
狼 |
wolf (biol.)
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: good 良 The wild animal, that is good (because it's clever) is the wolf. |
狈 |
wretched, in a difficult situation, distressed
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: money 贝/貝 Even a wild animal needs money or it is wretched. |
狸 |
fox-like animal (i.e. raccoon)
Left: wild animal 犭, right: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village) The wild animals at my village are fox-alikes. |
狄 |
barbarians, non-Han tribes (ancient)
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: fire 火 They are 'wild animals" (but at least) with fire: The barbarians. |
狩 |
to hunt, to go hunting
Left: animal 犭, right: protect 守 (A roof 宀 or a skillful hand 寸 can guard) Animals can for the protection (of the environment) be hunted. |
狒 |
hamadryad baboon
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: denial 弗 (A bow 弓 with two strings || is to be denied) The animal that (is playful) and makes denials is the baboon. |
猿 |
ape
Left: wild animal 犭, right: long robe (old) 袁 (Down to the ground 土 reaches the sleeve 口 of this clothing 衣: the long robe.) An animal in a long robe appears like: a monkey. |
猝 |
abrupt, sudden, unexpected
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: soldier, suddenly 卒 (between rotary discs 亠,十 are soldiers 人 who die suddenly.) Like a wild animal, suddenly: such suddenly! |
狐 |
fox
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: melon, pumpkin 瓜 (image of a melon in a rope loop hanging from a frame) This wild animal has (the color) of a pumpkin: the fox. |
猖 |
ferocious, savage, furious
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: flourish, prosperous 昌 (Two suns 日 and it is flourishing) A wild animal that "flourishes" is ferocious. |
狞 |
malevolent, fierce-looking, hideous
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on hind legs), right: peace, calm 宁 (If the roof 宀 is built with nails 丁, you have your peace.) A wild animal that (pretends) to be peaceful is: malevolent. |
猩 |
ape
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: star 星 (Suns 日 that live 生 are the stars) Amoung the wild animals, he is the star: The ape! |
狙 |
to spy, to lie in ambush, macaque
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on hind legs), right: in addition/moreover 且 ("stone cairn" = A pile of stones where stones are moreover added.) The dog behind the pile of stone is in an ambush to spy. |
漪 |
ripples on water, swirling, small wave
Left: water 氵, right: 猗 (wild animal 犭, strange, odd 奇) [奇 = It is a big 大 possibility 可 but it looks strange.] Water, which is like a wild animal, so strange, is a small rippled wave. |
獗 |
unruly, rampant, rude
Left: wild animal 犭, right: 厥 (cliff 厂, disobedient 屰 [A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked], lack 欠) The animal that has been pushed to the cliff because of a disobedient lack is unruly. |
猓 |
monkey
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: fruit, result 果 (= The "rice field" 田 at the tree 木) The wild animal at the fruits of the tree, is: the monkey. |