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犬 — 4 strokes ／ Radical「犬」

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10Elementary year 1 ／ 4 strokes ／ Radical「犬」
On
ケンけん · ken
Kun
いぬinu
Meaning
dog

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STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of a dog.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケンけんken犬歯けんし愛犬あいけん野犬やけん
Kunいぬinu犬いぬ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 犬いぬ

    dog

  • 子犬こいぬ

    puppy

More words with this kanji

  • 愛犬あいけん
  • 盲導犬もうどうけん
  • 犬猿の仲けんえんのなか
  • 狛犬こまいぬ
  • 尨犬むくいぬ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

犬(いぬ)が はしります。

The dog runs.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 犬Map of reading ケンAll maps

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