Keyword
lion
- Frequency
- #1595
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Mnemonic
犭 (animal) gives the meaning and 师 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
狮子
lion
狮
(bound form) lion
狮子山
(Tw) Sierra Leone
雄狮
male lion
舞狮
lion dance (traditional Chinese dance form)
狮子
Leo (star sign); Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏东县 (PíngdōngXiàn), Taiwan
海狮
sea lion
狮子座
Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
美洲狮
cougar; mountain lion; puma
狮城
the Lion City, nickname for Singapore 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō)
狮子头
large meatball ("lion's head")
石狮子
guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
石狮市
Shishi, a county-level city in Quanzhou City 泉州市 (QuánzhōuShì), Fujian
狮身人面像
sphinx
狮鹫
griffin
金狮奖
Golden Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival
狮子狗
Pekingese; Pekinese
狮泉河
Sengge Tsangpo or Shiquan River in west Tibet, the upper reaches of the Indus
山狮
mountain lion
河东狮吼
lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom); fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband
雌狮
lioness
狮虎兽
liger, hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress
河东狮
shrew
松狮犬
Chow Chow (dog breed)