# 獰

| 獰 | U+7370, &#29552; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7370 |
| ← 獯 [U+736F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 獱 → [U+7371] |

## Translingual
### Han character

獰 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 大竹十心弓 (KHJPN), four-corner 4322$_1$, composition ⿰犭寧)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 720, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20755
* Dae Jaweon: page 1132, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1375, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7370

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 濘 | *neːs, *neːŋʔ, *neːŋs |
| 獰 | *rnaːŋ |
| 檸 | *rnaːŋʔ |
| 儜 | *rneːŋ |
| 薴 | *rneːŋ |
| 鬡 | *rneːŋ |
| 鑏 | *rneːŋ |
| 嬣 | *rneːŋ |
| 寍 | *neːŋ |
| 寗 | *neːŋs |
| 甯 | *neːŋs |
| 寧 | *neːŋ |
| 鸋 | *neːŋ, *neːŋs |
| 嚀 | *neːŋ |
| 聹 | *neːŋ, *neːŋʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): níng (ning$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ning$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: níng
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: níng
*** Wade–Giles: ning$^2$
*** Yale: níng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ning
*** Palladius: нин (nin)
*** Sinological IPA : /niŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ning$^4$
*** Yale: nìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ning$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ning$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɪŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng
*** Tâi-lô: lîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: leeng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³/
* Middle Chinese: nraeng
Rime :
| Character | 獰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (109) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 乃庚切 |
| Baxter | nraeng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɳˠæŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɳᵚaŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /naŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɳaɨjŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /nɐŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /nɐŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /nɐŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | néng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | nang$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rnaːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 獰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9546 |
| Phonetic component | 寧 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鬤 |
| Old Chinese | /*rnaːŋ/ |

### Definitions

獰
* ferocious; hideous
    猙獰／狰狞 ― zhēngníng ― ferocious; savage; hideous

#### Compounds

* 猙獰 / 狰狞 (zhēngníng)
* 獰惡 / 狞恶 (níng'è)
* 獰視 / 狞视
* 獰笑 / 狞笑
* 生獰 / 生狞
* 面目猙獰 / 面目狰狞

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: にょう (nyō)
* Kan-on: のう (nō)
* Kan’yō-on: どう (dō)
* Kun: わるい (warui)

#### Compounds

* 獰猛 (どうもう, dōmō and ねいもう, neimō)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 獰 (MC nraeng).

### Hanja

Wikisource 獰 (eumhun 모질 녕 (mojil nyeong), word-initial (South Korea) 모질 영 (mojil yeong))
* hanja form of 녕/영 (“ferocious; hideous”)

#### Compounds

* 영맹 (獰猛, yeongmaeng, “fierceness, ferocity”)
* 영악 (獰惡, yeong'ak, “ferocity”)
* 영특 (獰慝, yeongteuk, “evil”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.