Read Edit View history Discussion 狞 níng ferocious appearance Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 宁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 獰. Components 犭 犭 Meaning component quǎn dog 犭 is a component form of 犬. 宁 宁 Sound component níng, nìng peaceful, (storage container) Sources Readings & variants Unicode 獰 ferocious appearance Traditional Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangrnaːŋ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang