Kanji Detail for 狠 - "bite, contrary, very"

狠

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
狠 means "bite, contrary, very."
1. Bite - To snap at; to gnaw.
2. Contrary - Twisted; perverse.
3. Very - Extremely; greatly.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

vicious; cruel; severely; extreme

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

vicious, cruel; severely, extreme

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很[hen3]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

vicious, fierce, cruel

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

The sound of a dog snarling. | Commonly interchangeable with 很. Cruel is called 狠. Extreme is also called 狠. Ruthless is called 狠心. Very good is called 狠好. Read like 亨 in Rising tone.
Onyomi

gan(がん)

kon(こん)
Kunyomi

moto.ru(もとる)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

犬犭 (inu・kemonohen)
Related Keywords
bite snap gnaw contrary twisted perverse extremely greatly