Chinese Character Wiki

狃

niǔ

to covet

Components
犭 meaning component

犭  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

dog

丑 sound component

丑  Sound component

chǒu

  

second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

Evolution

狃 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
狃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
狃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

狃  

niǔ

to covet; to be accustomed; accustomed to

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.n<r>uʔ

nrjuwX

niǔ

animal tracks; claws


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6861st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+72C3

Shuowen

“狃，犬性驕也。从犬，丑聲。”


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