猳 meaning and stroke order
Boar; legendary ape
How to write 猳, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 猳
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- mythical ape
- variant of 豭[jia1]
How 猳 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Animal.
犭 gives the meaning and 叚 hints at the sound.
Radical: 犭 (dog), shared by 88 characters on this site.
How to remember 猳
The animal side 犭 tells you this is a beast, and 叚 (jiǎ) on the right gives the sound jiā. Picture a wild boar or a strange ape standing beside the sound part 叚.
猳 is a rare literary character. It mostly appears in classical texts, either as a variant of 豭 (jiā, boar) or in the name of a legendary ape, 猳国 (jiāguó), said to steal people. Example: 古书中有猳国的传说。(Gǔshū zhōng yǒu jiāguó de chuánshuō.) There is a legend of the jiaguo ape in ancient books.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 猳 with 假 (jiǎ, false) or 暇 (xiá, leisure), because all three share the part 叚. Check the left side. 犭 means an animal, 亻 means a person, and 日 relates to time.
Questions about 猳
How many strokes are in 猳?
猳 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 猳 mean?
猳 (jiā) means boar; legendary ape.
How do you pronounce 猳?
猳 is pronounced jiā, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 猳?
The radical of 猳 is 犭, which carries the idea of "dog". Dictionaries list 猳 under this radical.
Is 猳 used in modern Chinese?
Almost never. In everyday speech a boar is 公猪 (gōngzhū) or 野猪 (yězhū, wild boar). You will mainly meet 猳 when reading classical literature or myths.
What is the difference between 猳 and 豭?
In the sense of boar they are the same word. 豭 uses the pig radical 豕 and is the standard form. 猳 uses the general animal radical 犭 and also carries the extra sense of a mythical ape.