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狻

suān
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 狻猊) a lion; a lion-like mythical beast

Examples

HSK 6
古书说狻猊追野马能走五百里。
Gǔshū shuō suānní zhuī yěmǎ néng zǒu wǔbǎi lǐ.
Old texts say the suanni could run five hundred li chasing wild horses.
HSK 7-9
庙门前蹲着一对石狻猊。
Miàomén qián dūn zhe yí duì shí suānní.
A pair of stone suanni guard the temple gate.

Tips

culture
狻 only appears in 狻猊, an old word for the lion and later a lion-shaped mythical beast, said to be one of the dragon's nine sons and often carved on incense burners.

Components

radical
犭 quǎn
dog; beast
犭 is the beast radical, the side form of 犬. It marks four-legged animals, here the lion-like 狻猊.
phonetic
夋 qūn
phonetic element
夋 supplies the sound, drifted to suān. The same phonetic appears in 酸 and 峻, a family of related-sound characters.

Stroke Order

狻 suān