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.

• 狂kuáng🔊

  mad

  HSK 5

  7 strokes

• 狄dí🔊

  low ranking public official (old)

  7 strokes

• 状zhuàng🔊

  (bound form) form; appearance; shape

  7 strokes

• 犹yóu🔊

  as if

  7 strokes

• 㹠tún🔊

  old variant of 豚[tun2]

  7 strokes

• 尨máng🔊

  shaggy dog

  7 strokes

• 犺kàng🔊

  fierce dog

  7 strokes

• 犼hǒu🔊

  mythical man-eating creature resembling a dog

  7 strokes

• 狁yǔn🔊

  name of a tribe

  7 strokes

• 狃niǔ🔊

  accustomed to

  7 strokes

• 狆zhòng🔊

  Pekingese

  7 strokes

• 狈bèi🔊

  a legendary wolf

  7 strokes

• 狗gǒu🔊

  dog

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 狝xiǎn🔊

  to hunt in autumn (archaic)

  8 strokes

• 狐hú🔊

  fox

  8 strokes

• 㹢jiā🔊

  used in 㺢㹢狓[huo4 jia1 pi2]

  8 strokes

• 狉pī🔊

  puppy badger

  8 strokes

• 狍páo🔊

  Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)

  8 strokes

• 狎xiá🔊

  (bound form) (literary) to take liberties with sb or sth

  8 strokes

• 狒fèi🔊

  hamadryad baboon

  8 strokes

• 狓pí🔊

  used in 㺢㹢狓[huo4 jia1 pi2]

  8 strokes

• 狘yuè🔊

  jump

  8 strokes

• 狙jū🔊

  macaque

  8 strokes

• 狞níng🔊

  fierce-looking

  8 strokes

• 狦shān🔊

  (archaic) vicious dog

  9 strokes

• 狠hěn🔊

  ruthless; fierce; ferocious

  HSK 6

  9 strokes

• 独dú🔊

  alone

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 狡jiǎo🔊

  crafty

  9 strokes

• 狮shī🔊

  (bound form) lion

  9 strokes

• 狱yù🔊

  prison

  9 strokes

• 狨róng🔊

  marmoset (zoology)

  9 strokes

• 狩shòu🔊

  to hunt

  9 strokes

• 狫lǎo🔊

  name of a tribe

  9 strokes

• 狭xiá🔊

  old variant of 狹|狭[xia2]

  9 strokes

• 狯kuài🔊

  crafty

  9 strokes

• 狰zhēng🔊

  used in 猙獰|狰狞[zheng1 ning2]

  9 strokes

• 狲sūn🔊

  used in 猢猻|猢狲[hu2 sun1]

  9 strokes

• 狼láng🔊

  wolf

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 猁lì🔊

  used in 猞猁[she1 li4]

  10 strokes

• 㹴gēng🔊

  terrier

  10 strokes

• 狳yú🔊

  used in 犰狳[qiu2 yu2]

  10 strokes

• 狴bì🔊

  used in 狴犴[bi4 an4]

  10 strokes

• 狷juàn🔊

  nimble

  10 strokes

• 狸lí🔊

  variant of 狸[li2]

  10 strokes

• 狺yín🔊

  snarling of dogs

  10 strokes

• 狻suān🔊

  used in 狻猊[suan1 ni2]

  10 strokes

• 猃xiǎn🔊

  a kind of dog with a long snout

  10 strokes

• 𤞤xiǎn🔊

  variant of 獫|猃[xian3]

  10 strokes