狡猾

jiǎo huá · HSK 7

crafty

🦊 Both 狡 and 猾 carry the 犭 beast radical: crafty like a sly animal

狡 (sly) and 猾 (cunning) both pair the 犭 beast radical with a phonetic part — 狡 with 交 (jiāo) giving the sound, 猾 with 骨 (bone). Two beasts side by side spell out animal cunning.

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