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狸

貍
lí
#2,732 most
frequent character
variant of 狸[li2]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

狸 has 犭 dog as its picture part and 里 lǐ as the sound, which differs only in tone. It first named the leopard. The sense then shifted to a fox-like animal, and later to the raccoon dog.

Drawn as: dog

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Same Characters, Different Readings

狸lí
raccoon dog, fox-like animal

Homophones

HSK 2
离lí
to leave, to part from, to be away from
HSK 5
梨lí
pear
璃lí
colored glaze, glass
黎lí
(literary) black, dark, many

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