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猾

huá
adjective #47,006

Meanings

  1. 1 sly
  2. 2 cunning
  3. 3 crafty

Examples

HSK 7-9
那个商人老奸巨猾，得提防他。
Nàge shāngrén lǎojiān-jùhuá, děi dīfang tā.
That merchant is old and cunning; you have to watch out for him.
HSK 7-9
狐狸以狡猾出名。
Húli yǐ jiǎohuá chūmíng.
The fox is famous for being sly and crafty.

Tips

usage
猾 means cunning in a bad way. Its core word is 狡猾 (sly, crafty); the heavier idiom 老奸巨猾 describes someone deeply scheming and not to be trusted.

Components

radical
犭 quǎn
dog; beast
The dog/beast radical in left-side form. It frames 猾 with an animal cunning, the slyness of a wild creature, which suits the 'crafty, scheming' meaning.
phonetic
骨 gǔ
bone
Supplies the sound, gǔ shifting to huá. Its 'bone' meaning plays no role here; it serves only as the phonetic part of the character.

Stroke Order

猾 huá