How to write 吠

吠 [fèi] 动 【本义】: 狗叫 (The original meaning: bark) 1. 狗叫 ([En.] bark) 例: 吠叫 (barking). 狂吠 (bark wildly). 蜀犬吠日 (The dogs in Shu bark at the sun; metaphorically refers to those who are uncommon are often deemed strange). 2. 泛指动物鸣叫 ([En.] roar) 例: 吠哈 (howl); 吠嗥 (wild animal's roar). 3. 恶言攻击 ([En.] viciously attack) 例: 吠尧 (metaphor for bad people attacking good people). 引: 1. 《说文》：吠，犬鸣也。 (Shuowen: "吠" means the bark of dogs.) 2. 《楚辞·九章》：邑犬君吠兮所怪也。 (From "Chuci": "The city dogs bark; this is strange.") 3. 王符《潜夫论·贤难》：谚云:“一犬吠形，百犬吠声。” (Wang Fu's "Qianfu Lun": "A saying goes: 'When one dog barks at a shape, a hundred dogs bark at the sound.'") 例: 又如: 吠声 (the sound of barking); 吠日 (a dog that rarely sees the sun barks madly at its appearance, metaphorically referring to the uncommon being considered strange).