獴

měng

noun #59,413

Meanings

獴以敢斗眼镜蛇而出名。

Měng yǐ gǎn dòu yǎnjìngshé ér chūmíng.

The mongoose is famous for daring to fight cobras.

动物园里养着一小群獴。

Dòngwùyuán lǐ yǎng zhe yì xiǎo qún měng.

There is a small group of mongooses living in the zoo.

memory

獴 = the beast radical 犭 ('animal') plus 蒙 for the sound. Picture a small fierce animal that even 'covers' (one sense of 蒙) a cobra in battle.

radical

犭 quǎn

dog; animal

犭 is the left-side form of the dog radical 犬, used broadly for mammals. It marks 獴 as an animal.

phonetic

蒙 méng

to cover; Mongol

蒙 on the right supplies the sound, shifting from méng to měng. It carries no meaning in this word.

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獴 měng