犴

犴 · àn / hān

a wild dog, a not very large lock-up

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
àn · hān
Cantonese
ngon6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a wild dog, a not very large lock-up

Dictionary definitions & readings

犴 àn · used in 狴犴 bì àn

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21332.040:án,àn,jiàn,hān Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0010.030:àn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
004.020:àn 129.080:hān Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
hān粵hon6 àn粵ngon6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カン ガン ケン のいぬ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
안:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
俄寒 五旰 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KHMJ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4144.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0706.160 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
121.11 401.36 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0139c' Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+72B4
Radical
犬 · 94
Strokes
6
Residual strokes
3
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6543

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

6 strokes
犴
Strokes
6
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

6 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
ngan · 俄寒 · 山開一平寒疑 · #508
Middle Chinese
nganH · 五旰 · 山開一去寒疑 · #2638

PHONO-ML, source line 4276; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
873.402
kDaeJaweon
1119.080
kGSR
0139c'
kHanYu
21332.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
1119.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21332.040
kIRGKangXi
0706.160
kKangXi
0706.160
kMatthews
2029
kMeyerWempe
788f
kMorohashi
20250
kSBGY
121.11 401.36
kSMSZD2003Index
414.15
kCangjie
KHMJ
kFourCornerCode
4144.0
kMojiJoho
MJ016897
kPhonetic
653
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-616D
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CA43
kIRG_JSource
J1-4A70
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-578D
kIRG_KSource
K1-6639
kIRG_TSource
T2-2263
kRSUnicode
94.3
kTotalStrokes
6
kBigFive
CA43
kCCCII
22564F
kCNS1986
2-2263
kCNS1992
2-2263
kEACC
22564F
kGB0
6577
kGB1
6577
kJis1
4280
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3691
kTGH
2013:6543
kTaiwanTelegraph
3691
kXerox
304:254
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14781+51.3.3 C+14781+94.3.3
kCantonese
ngon6
kDefinition
a wild dog, a not very large lock-up
kFanqie
俄寒 五旰
kHangul
안:1N
kHanyuPinyin
21332.040:án,àn,jiàn,hān
kJapanese
カン ガン ケン のいぬ
kJapaneseOn
KAN GAN
kKorean
AN
kMandarin
àn
kSMSZD2003Readings
hān粵hon6 àn粵ngon6
kTGHZ2013
004.020:àn 129.080:hān
kXHC1983
0010.030:àn
kSemanticVariant
U+8C7B<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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2dictionary records using 犴0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
犭 beside 干 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰犭干$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰犭干$(GHTJKP)

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