shī

lion

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
犭 meaning component

  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

is a component form of .

師 sound component

  Sound component

shī

  

teacher

Definitions

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shī

lion

Most common words with 獅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

狮子

Leo (star sign)

狮子座

Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

lion

狮子狗

Pekingese

美洲狮

cougar