猾
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sly
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 犬 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 猾
- Common rank
- #4,216
- Unicode
- U+733E
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
cunning · Heisig RSH #2336
pack of wild dogs + 骨 skeleton
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 猾
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老奸巨猾 | cunning; crafty; wily old fox | |
| 油猾 | sly; slick | |
| 奸猾 | treacherous; crafty; deceitful | |
| 狡猾 | crafty; cunning; sly |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 骨 — compare how they read.