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狼

狼 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

wolf

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ロウ
Kun (native)
  • おおかみ
Other languages
  • 拼音lang2
  • 한글rang
  • Hán-ViệtLang

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
犬(いぬ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+72FC

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰犭良

Words using this kanji

  • 狼おおかみネコ目（食肉目）イヌ科イヌ属に属する哺乳動物。詳細は、"おおかみ"参照。wolf (Canis lupus), wolf in sheep's clothing, womanizer
  • 狼煙のろし遠方に情報を伝達する手段として発生させる火煙。beacon, skyrocket, signal fire, smoke signals
  • 狼狽ろうばい思わぬ出来事に遭い、慌てること。confusion, dismay, consternation, panic
  • 狼藉ろうぜきものが乱雑になっていること。また、散乱していること。 乱暴。暴行。 乱暴すること。暴行すること。disorder, confusion, violence, outrage
  • 狼火ろうかのろし。狼煙。signal fire, beacon
  • 狼男おおかみおとこ「おおかみおとこ」の漢字表記。(male) werewolf
  • 狼瘡ろうそう皮膚、粘膜の結核。lupus
  • 狼魚おおかみうおBering wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)
  • 狼爪ろうそうdewclaw
  • 狼牙ろうげPotentilla cryptotaeniae (species of flowering plant)
  • 狼星ろうせいSirius, Dog Star
  • 狼犬ろうけんcross between a dog and a wolf, wolfdog
  • 狼藉者ろうぜきものrioter, ruffian
  • 狼少年おおかみしょうねんboy raised by wolves, boy who cried wolf
  • 狼人間おおかみにんげん人狼。狼男。werewolf
  • 狼狽えるうろたえるto be flustered, to lose one's presence of mind
  • 狼狽気味ろうばいぎみbeing rather confused, looking somewhat dismayed (perturbed)
  • 狼狽売りろうばいうりpanic selling
  • 狼煙を上げるのろしをあげるto start a signal fire, to use a smoke signal, to initiate an action, to start a campaign
  • 狼牙ヘニパウイルスろうがヘニパウイルスLangya virus, Langya henipavirus

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-7
Four Corner
4323.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3g7.3
Heisig
2428
Nelson
2888