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犬 = 大 + 丶
犬 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “dog”. It is built from 大 (large) and 丶 (dot). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 253. It appears as a component in 11 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- dog
- RTK frame
- 253
- Strokes
- 4
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ケン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- いぬ, いぬ-
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- собака, chihuahua
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 犬 dog
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 犬
- 器 utensil
- 状 status quo
- 黙 silence
- 然 sort of thing
- 獄 prison
- 伏 prostrated
- 献 offering
- 獣 animal
- 厭 despondent
- 吠 barking
- 祓 exorcism
How to find 犬 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “large” + “dot”. 犬 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 犬 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.