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吠 = 犬 + 口

吠 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “barking”. It is built from 犬 (dog) and 口 (mouth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2288.

Keyword
barking
RTK frame
2288
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハイ, ベイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ほえ.る, ほ.える
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
bark, лай
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
吠 bark

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 犬 dog
  2. 口 mouth

How to find 吠 without knowing its reading

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

Open 吠 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.