狮
(bound form) lion
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How 狮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
犭 (semantic, “animal”) + 师 (phonetic, shī)
How to remember it
lion · Heisig RSH #413
师 teacher + pack of wild dogs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 师
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 师 (shī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 师 sound component | shī | teacher, professional, master |
| 筛 | shāi | screen, sieve; to filter, to sift |
| 浉 | shī | a river in Henan province |
| 蛳 | sī | a snail with a spiral shell |
Words containing 狮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狮子大开口 | shī zi dà kāi kǒu | (saying) (fig.) to make an exorbitant demand; to ask for an outrageously high price |
| 人头狮身 | rén tóu shī shēn | sphinx |
| 狮心王理查 | Shī xīn wáng Lǐ chá | Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199), King Richard I of England 1189-1199 |
| 狮身人面像 | shī shēn rén miàn xiàng | sphinx |
| 雪山狮子旗 | xuě shān shī zi qí | Snow lion banner, banned flag of Tibetan independence movement, featuring mythological Sno… |
| 狮子山 | Shī zi shān | (Tw) Sierra Leone |
| 狮子头 | shī zi tóu | large meatball ("lion's head") |
| 石狮子 | shí shī zi | guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial pala… |
| 石狮市 | Shí shī Shì | Shishi, a county-level city in Quanzhou City 泉州市[Quan2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian |
| 狮头石竹 | shī tóu shí zhú | grenadine; carnation; clove pink; Dianthus caryophyllus (botany) |
| 河东狮 | Hé dōng shī | shrew; see also 河東獅吼|河东狮吼[He2 dong1 shi1 hou3] |
| 狮子林园 | Shī zi Lín Yuán | Lion Grove Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO Wor… |
| 狮子座 | Shī zi zuò | Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac) |
| 小狮座 | Xiǎo shī zuò | Leo Minor (constellation) |
| 狮子狗 | shī zi gǒu | Pekingese; Pekinese |
| 美洲狮 | Měi zhōu shī | cougar; mountain lion; puma |
| 狮子 | Shī zǐ | Leo (star sign); Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan |
| 狮子 | shī zi | lion; CL:隻|只[zhi1],頭|头[tou2] |
| 山狮 | shān shī | mountain lion |
| 海狮 | hǎi shī | sea lion |