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狰

zhēng

Character Traditional 猙

What 狰 means

1. used in {狰狞|zhēng níng}

Example sentences

• 恶魔一把抓住了我的妹妹，一边狰狞地狂笑着，一边把她丢进了一个无底洞里。
  èmó yībǎzhuā zhù le wǒ de mèimei, yībiān zhēngníng de kuángxiào zhe, yībiān bǎ tā diū jìn le yī gè wúdǐdòng lǐ.
  The demon grabbed my sister and, with howling laughter, cast her into a bottomless pit.

Words starting with 狰

• 狰狞zhēng níngmalevolent; fierce; sinister

Characters built on 争

These share the phonetic component 争 (zhēng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 挣zhèngto struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
• 睁zhēngto open (one's eyes)
• 筝zhēngsee 古筝
• 铮zhēngclang of metals; small gong
• 峥zhēngused in 峥嵘
• 诤zhèngto admonish; to warn sb of their errors; to criticize frankly

Characters that look like 狰

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 将jiāngwill; shall; to use
• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with
• 挣zhèngto struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
• 侍shìto serve; to attend upon
• 拚pànto strive for; to struggle; to disregard

Sounds the same

Read zhēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 争to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate
• 征journey; trip; expedition
• 睁to open (one's eyes)
• 蒸to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 怔(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken
• 正first month of the lunar year
• 挣used in 挣扎
• 症abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction; (fig.) sticking point
• 铮clang of metals; small gong
• 丁used in 丁丁
• 钲gong used to halt troops
• 峥used in 峥嵘