熊

Glyph origin
According to ,.

This character originally represented an onomatopoetic word. Later its semantic component, the character for the Old Chinese word "bear", was borrowed for another word. This character thus began to represent the word "bear" instead.

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (in ).

Definitions

 * 1) bear
 * 2)  to scold
 * 3)  timid; cowardly
 * 4)  to bully; to extort
 * 5)  bear
 * 6)  black bear
 * : Xiong (mainland China); Hsiung (Taiwan); Hung (Hong Kong)
 * : Xiong (mainland China); Hsiung (Taiwan); Hung (Hong Kong)

Synonyms








Kanji

 * 1) bear

Compounds

 * : a male bear
 * : a bear cub
 * : a species of small bear
 * : a white bear (polar bear)
 * : a grizzly bear
 * : a polar bear
 * : the Asian black bear
 * : bamboo grass
 * : bamboo rake
 * : the Kumaso people
 * : a female bear; a she-bear
 * : a female bear; a she-bear

Etymology


From. First cited in the  of 712.

Further derivation is uncertain. Possibilities include:
 * Might be cognate with 🇨🇬, perhaps from the way that bears often live in dens.
 * Might also or separately be cognate with 🇨🇬, whose archaic form is preserved as the first element of the toponym . Thus, a cognate of 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.
 * Might be an areal Wanderwort, borrowed from 🇨🇬 and ultimately deriving from 🇨🇬. See also the etymology notes in the  entry.

Noun

 * 1)  a bear
 * 2)   hairiness in general;  a bear, an otter
 * 3)   standing room only audience members in the

Derived terms

 * :, the Eurasian badger
 * : a raccoon

Derived terms

 * :, the black rat

Etymology
From.

Kanji

 * 1) bear

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) bear

Han character

 * 1) bear