獾 meaning and stroke order
Badger
How to write 獾, stroke by stroke
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Meaning of 獾
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- badger
- variant of 獾[huan1]
How 獾 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Animal.
犭 gives the meaning and 雚 hints at the sound.
Radical: 犭 (dog), shared by 88 characters on this site.
How to remember 獾
The left side 犭 is the animal radical, telling you this is a creature. The right side 雚 (guàn) gives the sound, so picture an animal that says "huān" while digging in the ground.
獾 (huān) is mostly used in animal names, often as 獾子 (huānzi) in everyday speech. A well-known compound is 狗獾 (gǒuhuān), the Eurasian badger, and 蜜獾 (mìhuān) is the honey badger. Example: 蜜獾什么都不怕。(Mìhuān shénme dōu bú pà.) The honey badger is afraid of nothing.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 獾 (huān) with 欢 (huān, happy), since they sound the same, or with 灌 (guàn, to pour), which shares the 雚 part but has the water radical 氵. Note that 獾 does not take the guàn sound of its phonetic part. It is read with first tone huān.
獾 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 獾
How many strokes are in 獾?
獾 is written with 20 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 獾 mean?
獾 (huān) means badger.
How do you pronounce 獾?
獾 is pronounced huān, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 獾?
The radical of 獾 is 犭, which carries the idea of "dog". Dictionaries list 獾 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 獾?
The traditional form of 獾 is 䝔 and 貛. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 獾 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 獾 the same animal as a raccoon?
No. A raccoon is 浣熊 (huànxióng), which is a different animal. 獾 refers to badgers, such as 狗獾 (gǒuhuān) and 猪獾 (zhūhuān), the hog badger.
Why is the honey badger called 蜜獾?
蜜 (mì) means honey, and the animal is known for raiding beehives. So 蜜獾 (mìhuān) literally means "honey badger", just like the English name.