Chinese Character 狗 Meanings and components.

Form

狗

Meaning

狗 meaning[3] in English

Dog.

Cl:隻|只[Zhi1],條|条[Tiao2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 狗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and variant of 勾[gou1] (句)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with KHPR

How to write 狗

To write狗gou3dog you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 句ju4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 句 = 狗

狗 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

狗
Pinyin:gou3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dog . Cl:隻|只[Zhi1],條|条[Tiao2]
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
句
Pinyin:ju4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 勾[Gou1]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

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

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