猊

猊 · ní

lion; wild beast; wild horse

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
ní
Cantonese
ngai4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

lion; wild beast; wild horse

Dictionary definitions & readings

猊 ní · used in 狻猊 suān ní

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21353.120:ní Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0826.120:ní Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
265.020:ní Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
ní粵ngai4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゲイ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
예:0N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
nghê Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
五稽 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KHHXU Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4721.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0712.210 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
089.53 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+730A
Radical
犬 · 94
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7216

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

11 strokes
猊
Strokes
11
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

11 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
ngej · 五稽 · 蟹開四平齊疑 · #306

PHONO-ML, source line 2907; 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
877.503
kDaeJaweon
1124.230
kHanYu
21353.120
kIRGDaeJaweon
1124.230
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21353.120
kIRGKangXi
0712.210
kKangXi
0712.210
kMatthews
4663
kMeyerWempe
2030d
kMorohashi
20468
kNelson
2890
kSBGY
089.53
kSMSZD2003Index
417.17
kCangjie
KHHXU
kFourCornerCode
4721.7
kMojiJoho
MJ016977
kPhonetic
1544
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6225
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D665
kIRG_JSource
J0-6049
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-FDAC
kIRG_KSource
K0-6759
kIRG_TSource
T2-372A
kIRG_VSource
V1-5E6C
kRSUnicode
94.8
kTotalStrokes
11
kBigFive
D665
kCCCII
2F5D5C
kCNS1986
2-372A
kCNS1992
2-372A
kEACC
2F5D5C
kGB0
6605
kGB1
6605
kJis0
6441
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
3722
kTGH
2013:7216
kTaiwanTelegraph
3722
kXerox
304:265
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5634+94.3.8
kCantonese
ngai4
kDefinition
lion; wild beast; wild horse
kFanqie
五稽
kHangul
예:0N
kHanyuPinyin
21353.120:ní
kJapanese
ゲイ
kJapaneseOn
GEI
kKorean
YEY
kMandarin
ní
kSMSZD2003Readings
ní粵ngai4
kTGHZ2013
265.020:ní
kTang
ngei
kVietnamese
nghê
kXHC1983
0826.120:ní

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Structure & connections

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2dictionary records using 猊0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
犭 beside 兒 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰犭兒$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰犭兒$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.