Chinese Character 犬 Meanings and components.

Form

犬

Meaning

犬 meaning[3] in English

Dog.

Kangxi Radical 94.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 犬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are big (大) , and 'dot' radical in … (丶)

No radical has been identified in it.

How to write 犬

To write犬quan3dog you should write a combination of 大da4big , 丶zhu3'dot' radical …

大 + 丶 = 犬

犬 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 犬 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 犬, looks as follow:

犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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