豺

chái
#4,235 most
frequent character
dog-like animal, ravenous beast

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

豺 pairs 豸, a wild carnivore, as the meaning part with 才, the sound part. It first meant a dhole, a kind of wild dog. The meaning grew to jackal and to dog-like animals.

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Homophones

柴chái
firewood, lean (of meat)

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