| Uni | 72AC |
|---|---|
| Meaning | dog |
| Pny | quǎn |
| Bopo | ㄑㄩㄢˇ |
| Wade | ch'üan3 |
| Jyutping | hyun2 |
| Yale | hyún |
| Poj | khián |
| Cn | (犭) 反犬旁 fǎnquǎnpáng |
| Onyomi | ケン ken |
| Kunyomi | いぬ inu |
| Jp | 犬/いぬ inu (犭) 獣偏/けものへん kemonohen |
| Hang | 개 gae (犭) 개사슴록변 gaesaseumnokbyeon |
| Hanja | 견 gyeon |
Radical 94, meaning "dog" (犬部) is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 444 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
犬 is also the 66th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 犭 being its associated indexing component.
In Japanese, 犬 is a Kanji symbol, and its Hiragana version is "いぬ" (inu).
犬, just like most Kanji, is used in both Japanese and Chinese languages.
The symbol is pronounced "quăn" in Chinese.
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 犬 犭Component only |
| +1 | 犮 |
| +2 | 犯 犰 |
| +3 | 犱 犲 犳 犴 犵 状SC/JP (=狀) 犷SC (=獷) 犸SC (=獁) |
| +4 | 犹SC (=猶) 犺 犻 犼 犽 犾 犿 狀 狁 狂 狃 狄 狅 狆 狇 狈SC (=狽) |
| +5 | 狉 狊 狋 狌 狍 狎 狏 狐 狑 狒 狓 狔 狕 狖 狗 狘 狙 狚 狛 狜 狝SC (=獮) 狞SC (=獰) |
| +6 | 狟 狠 狡 狢 狣 狤 狥 狦 狧 狨 狩 狪 狫 独SC/JP (=獨) 狭SC/JP (=狹) 狮SC (=獅) 狯SC (=獪) 狰SC (=猙) 狱SC (=獄) 狲SC (=猻) |
| +7 | 倐 狳 狴 狵 狶 狷 狸 狹 狺 狻 狼 狽 狾 狿 猀 猁 猂 猃SC (=獫) |
| +8 | 猄 猅 猆 猇 猈 猉 猊 猋 猌 猍 猎SC (=獵) 猏 猐 猑 猒 猓 猔 猕SC (=獼) 猖 猗 猘 猙 猚 猛 猜 猝 猞 猟JP (=獵) 猠 猡SC (=玀) 猪SC/JP (=豬) 猫SC/JP variant (=貓 -> 豸) 猧GB TC variant |
| +9 | 猢 猣 猤 猥 猦 猧Traditional variant 猨 猩 猬 猭 献SC/JP (=獻) 猯 猰 猱 猲 猳 猴 猵 猶 猷 猸 猹 |
| +10 | 猺 猻 猼 猽 猾 猿 獀 獁 獂 獃 獄 獅 獆 獇 獈 獉 獊 獓SC variant 獒SC variant 獏SC variant |
| +11 | 獌 獍 獎 獏TC variant 獐 獑 獒TC variant 獓TC variant 獔 獕 獚SC variant |
| +12 | 獋 (=獋) 獖 獗 獘 獙 獚TC variant 獛 獜 獝 獞 獟 獠 獡 獢 獣JP (=獸) 獤 獦SC variant |
| +13 | 獥 獦TC variant 獧 獨 獩 獪 獫 獬 獭SC (=獺) 獲JP/GB TC variant |
| +14 | 獮 獯 獰 獱 獲Traditional variant 獳 獴SC variant 獷GB TC variant |
| +15 | 獴TC variant 獵 獶 獷Traditional variant 獸 |
| +16 | 獹 獺 獻 |
| +17 | 獼 獽 獾SC variant |
| +18 | 獾TC variant 獿 |
| +19 | 玀 |
| +20 | 玁 玂 玃 |
Sinogram
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a first grade kanji.[1]
References
- ^ "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived March 24, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets". CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing. Second ed. Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.