狸
(bound form) used in the names of small mammals
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,561 U+72F8
How 狸 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
犭 (semantic, “dog”) + 里 (phonetic, lǐ)
How to remember it
raccoon dog · Heisig RSH #1589
pack of wild dogs + computer
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 里
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 里 (lǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 里 sound component | lǐ | unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane |
| 理 | lǐ | science, reason, logic; to manage |
| 埋 | mái | to bury; to conceal; to plant |
| 厘 | lí | one thousandth |
| 哩 | li | mile |
| 鲤 | lǐ | carp |
| 俚 | lǐ | rustic, vulgar, unpolished; mean |
| 悝 | kuī | to laugh at; to pity; sad; afflicted |
| 陧 | niè | chaos, disorder |
| 锂 | lǐ | lithium |
| 娌 | lǐ | brother's wife |
Words containing 狸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花面狸 | huā miàn lí | masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) |
| 果子狸 | guǒ zi lí | masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) |
| 海狸鼠 | hǎi lí shǔ | (zoology) coypu; nutria |
| 狸花猫 | lí huā māo | Dragon Li (modern Chinese cat breed) |
| 狐狸尾巴 | hú li wěi ba | lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions; to reveal one's evil nature; evi… |
| 狸子 | lí zi | leopard cat |
| 海狸 | hǎi lí | beaver |
| 河狸 | hé lí | beaver |
| 老狐狸 | lǎo hú li | (fig.) old fox; a wily, shrewd person |
| 狐狸精 | hú li jīng | fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress |
| 狐狸座 | Hú li zuò | (astronomy) Vulpecula |
| 狸猫 | lí māo | leopard cat; (literary) various small wild mammals (including raccoon dog, civet, wildcat) |
| 穷鼠啮狸 | qióng shǔ niè lí | a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on |
| 熊狸 | xióng lí | binturong; bearcat |
| 狸奴 | lí nú | cat (literary or jocular) |
| 狐狸 | hú li | fox; (fig.) sly or crafty person |
| 沼狸 | zhǎo lí | (zoology) coypu; nutria |