Chinese Character Wiki
犬

quǎn

dog

Pictograph of a dog.

Evolution

犬 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
犬 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

犬  

quǎn

dog; radical number 94; Kangxi radical 94

Most common words with 犬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

犬

dog

猎犬

hound

狂犬病

rabies

警犬

police dog

牧羊犬

sheepdog

Component uses

Meaning component in 16 characters (7 verified)

類 狀 状 默 哭 獎 肰 獸 臭 莽 倏 吠 猷 獒 尨 猋

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

厣 畎

Iconic component in 9 characters (9 verified)

突 獻 献 伏 狱 獄 戾 犮 猒

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

厌

Unknown component in 1 character (1 verified)

器

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ʷʰˤ[e][n]ʔ

khwenX

quǎn

dog


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 8.4254% of movies

1908th most common character in movies

2649th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+72AC

Shuowen

“犬，狗之有縣蹏者也。象形。孔子曰：‘視犬之字如畫狗也。’”


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