Pinyin: bèiEnglish Definition: a legendary wolf; distressed; wretched
Chinese Definition:
①傳說中的一種獸,狼屬,前腿短,走路時要爬在狼身上,沒有狼,它就不能行動:狼狽(形容困苦或受窘的樣子)。狼狽爲奸(喻彼此勾結做壞事)。
Total strokes: 10;
Radical: 犬 Pictophonetic:
貝 indicates the sound;
犭 (dog) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:- ⿰ Left to right
- 犭 [ quǎn ] dog
- 貝 [ bèi ] sea shell; money, currency