狎

xiá
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frequent character
(bound form) (literary) to take liberties with sb or sth

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

狎 joins 犭 dog with 甲 jiǎ, which supplies the sound. It first meant a domesticated dog. The sense 'improperly familiar' was borrowed for the sound, and from that came 'to be intimate with'.

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Homophones

HSK 6
霞xiá
red clouds
侠xiá
knight-errant, brave and chivalrous
峡xiá
gorge
辖xiá
linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle)

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