gǒu

dog

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
犭 meaning component

  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

is a component form of .

句 sound component

  Sound component

gōu

  

sentence

Evolution

狗 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
狗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
狗 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
狗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gǒu

dog, canis familiaris; dog; CL:|[zhī],|[tiáo]

Most common words with 狗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

dog

狗屁

bullshit

小狗

pup

热狗

hot dog (loanword)

走狗

hound