狐 = 犭 + 瓜

狐 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “fox”. It is built from 犭 (dog) and 瓜 (melon).

Keyword: fox
Pinyin (Mandarin): hú
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: лисица
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 狐 fox

Decomposition

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犭 dog
瓜 melon

How to find 狐 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dog” + “melon”. 狐 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 狐 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.