liáo

to hunt at night by torches

Hunting with dogs  and torches  also provides the pronunciation

Components
犭 meaning component

  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

尞 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

liào

  

burnt offering

Evolution

獠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
獠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

liáo

to hunt at night by torches; fierce; hunt; name of a tribe

Most common words with 獠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

獠牙

tusk

fierce

青面獠牙

ferocious-looking (idiom)