狠 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」
- On
- ガン・ゲン・コン
- Kun
- もと.る
- Meaning
- vicious; perverse
Origin
Dog 犬 with 艮 as phonetic: dogs snapping at each other, hence fierce and perverse.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 狠戻こんれい
perverse and cruel
- 狠毒こんどく
vicious
Example
狠戻な振る舞いを厳しく戒める。
Such vicious conduct is sternly rebuked.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)