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狛 = 犭 + 白

狛 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “a-un”. It is built from 犭 (pack of wild dogs) and 白 (white). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2432.

Keyword
a-un
RTK frame
2432
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
こま
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
archaic part of korea, аун
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
狛 lion-dog shrine guardians

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 犭 pack of wild dogs
  2. 白 white

How to find 狛 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pack of wild dogs” + “white”. 狛 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 狛 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.