chāng

ferocious

wild dog (犭) + sound (昌) = ferocious

The dog radical (犭) supplies the sense of wild, snarling animal behavior. 昌 is purely phonetic, lending the sound chāng without contributing to the meaning.

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ProsperousPhonetic
DogSemantic

那只狼非常獗,村民们都很害怕。

nà zhī láng fēi cháng chāng jué, cūn mín men dōu hěn hài pà。

that wolf was extremely ferocious and rampant, and the villagers were all very afraid.

这股势力越来越獗,必须尽快解决。

zhè gǔ shì lì yuè lái yuè chāng jué, bì xū jǐn kuài jiě jué。

this force has been growing more and more ferocious and unchecked, and must be dealt with as soon as possible.

Words with 猖

猖乱

chāng luàn

wild and disorderly

猖厉

chāng lì

mad and violent

猖披

chāng pī

dishevelled

猖狂

chāng kuáng

savage

猖猖狂狂

chāng chāng kuáng kuáng

wild

猖獗

chāng jué

to be rampant

More characters with 犭