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狗 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」

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On
ク・コウく・こう · ku · kō
Kun
いぬinu
Meaning
dog; puppy

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Dog radical with 句 "small and bent": a small dog, a pup.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 天狗てんぐ

    tengu; braggart

  • 走狗そうく

    lackey; running dog

More words with this kanji

  • 瘋狗ふうく
  • 狗竇こうとう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

彼(かれ)は権力(けんりょく)の走狗(そうく)と呼(よ)ばれた。

They were called a lackey of the powerful.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

天狗走狗狗天heaven走to run狛guardi…狐fox狽to be…狼wolf狸raccoo…叩strike弘vast亙extend…亘extend…亨pass…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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