dog

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone and seal scripts, depicting a dog's form in simplified outline. The strokes represent the dog's head, body, and tail in a compact representation.

Mnemonic: Three vertical strokes with a leg on the right side—picture a dog standing alert and ready.

• 猜cāi🔊

  to guess

  HSK 5

  11 strokes

• 猫māo🔊

  cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])

  HSK 2

  11 strokes

• 猪zhū🔊

  hog

  HSK 3

  11 strokes

• 猛měng🔊

  ferocious

  HSK 6

  11 strokes

• 猎liè🔊

  hunting

  11 strokes

• 猇xiāo🔊

  the scream or roar of a tiger

  11 strokes

• 猈bà🔊

  dog with short shinbone

  11 strokes

• 猊ní🔊

  used in 狻猊[suan1 ni2]

  11 strokes

• 猓guǒ🔊

  monkey

  11 strokes

• 猕mí🔊

  used in 獼猴|猕猴[mi2 hou2]

  11 strokes

• 猖chāng🔊

  ferocious

  11 strokes

• 猗yī🔊

  (interj.)

  11 strokes

• 猘zhì🔊

  mad dog

  11 strokes

• 狰zhēng🔊

  used in 猙獰|狰狞[zheng1 ning2]

  11 strokes

• 猝cù🔊

  abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly

  11 strokes

• 猞shē🔊

  used in 猞猁[she1 li4]

  11 strokes

• 猡luó🔊

  used in 豬玀|猪猡[zhu1 luo2]

  11 strokes

• 猭yuán🔊

  ape

  12 strokes

• 猴hóu🔊

  monkey

  HSK 5

  12 strokes

• 猵biān🔊

  a kind of otter

  12 strokes

• 獀sōu🔊

  dog (dial.)

  12 strokes

• 猳jiā🔊

  mythical ape

  12 strokes

• 犹yóu🔊

  as if

  12 strokes

• 猋biāo🔊

  whirlwind

  12 strokes

• 猢hú🔊

  used in 猢猻|猢狲[hu2 sun1]

  12 strokes

• 猣zōng🔊

  dog giving birth to three puppies

  12 strokes

• 猥wěi🔊

  humble

  12 strokes

• 猩xīng🔊

  ape

  12 strokes

• 猬wèi🔊

  (bound form) hedgehog

  12 strokes

• 猱náo🔊

  (literary) a kind of gibbon

  12 strokes

• 猲xiē🔊

  short-snout dog

  12 strokes

• 猸méi🔊

  used for ferret, badger or mongoose

  12 strokes

• 猹chá🔊

  Badger-like wild animal

  12 strokes

• 猾huá🔊

  sly

  12 strokes

• 猿yuán🔊

  ape

  13 strokes

• 献xiàn🔊

  to offer

  HSK 5

  13 strokes

• 犸mǎ🔊

  used in 猛獁|猛犸[meng3 ma3]

  13 strokes

• 狮shī🔊

  (bound form) lion

  13 strokes

• 㺍biān🔊

  old variant of 猵[bian1]

  13 strokes

• 猷yóu🔊

  to plan

  13 strokes

• 猺yáo🔊

  Yao tribe

  13 strokes

• 狲sūn🔊

  used in 猢猻|猢狲[hu2 sun1]

  13 strokes

• 獉zhēn🔊

  jungle

  13 strokes

• 獏mò🔊

  variant of 貘[mo4]

  13 strokes

• 狱yù🔊

  prison

  14 strokes

• 獍jìng🔊

  a mythical animal that eats its mother

  14 strokes

• 獐zhāng🔊

  variant of 獐[zhang1]

  14 strokes

• 獒áo🔊

  (bound form) mastiff

  14 strokes