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mastiff

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Mammals
áo
ゴウ
いぬ
Components
敖 ramble+ 犬 pooch =
獒 mastiff
敖 Phonetic component
áo ramble
ramble, play about
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犬 Meaning component
quǎn pooch
dog
dog
Notes
Similar Characters
傲 haughty嗷 loud clamor廒 Granary A Granary熬 stew聱 bent and twisted螯 nippers遨 roam鏊 a flat骜 wild (simp)鰲 sea (trad)鳌 huge (simp)贅 unnecessary (trad)赘 superfluous (simp)厌 detest (simp)厣 shell (iii) (simp)畎 a drain between fields倏 suddenly吠 bark哭 cry尨 shaggy haired dog
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
獒
Regular
Modern
Chinese
獒 [áo]
mastiff
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
藏獒 [Zàng​'áo] #22,304
Tibetan mastiff
獒犬 [áo​quǎn]
mastiff (dog breed)