犬

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 References 1.2.4 Notes 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Alternative spellings 3.2 Kanji 3.2.1 Readings 3.2.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Synonyms 4.1.2 Derived terms 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – the dot is the ear. In the form 犭, a dog that is up on its hind legs.

The character is considered a rather abstract rendition – Confucius is quoted as saying “The ancients must have had very strange looking dogs” (500 BCE).^[1]

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

[edit] Han character

犬 (radical 94 犬+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈大 (IK), four-corner 4303₀, composition ⿻大丶)

1. dog
2. radical number 94

[edit] Usage notes

犬 is the 94th radical in the Chinese dictionary. Compound characters such as 狇 mostly use the alternative form at the left of the character. Most represent something to do with dogs or other animals. A smaller proportion (e. g. 狀) use the primary form at the right of the character. A few even show both forms: in 獄 which means "prison" or "litigation"; "words" (言) stand between two dogs to keep them from biting each other.

[edit] Synonyms

• 狗

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 705, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20234
• Dae Jaweon: page 1118, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1331, character 1
• Unihan data for U+72AC

• Alternate form(s): 犭

Although the alternative form clearly shows only three strokes, it is still counted as four strokes when using a Chinese dictionary.

[edit] Notes

• Notes:

1. ^ Richard Sears. "Chinese Etymology: Primitives and Remnants." URL accessed on 2008-08-14.

---

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

犬 (Yale hyun2)

---

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

犬 (hiragana いぬ, romaji inu)

1. dog

[edit] Alternative spellings

• イヌ

[edit] Kanji

犬 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: けん (ken)
• Kun: いぬ (inu)

[edit] Compounds

• 警察犬 (けいさつけん, keisatsu-ken): police dog
• 探知犬 (たんちけん, tanchi-ken): detection dog
• 救助犬 (きゅうじょけん, kyūjo-ken): rescue dog
• 麻薬犬 (まやくけん, mayaku-ken): drug dog, dope dog
• 盲導犬 (もうどうけん, mōdō-ken): seeing-eye dog (for visually impaired person)
• 聴導犬 (ちょうどうけん, chōdō-ken): hearing dog
• 介助犬 (かいじょけん, kaijo-ken): mobility dog, mobility assistance dog
• 子犬 (こいぬ, koinu) young dog, puppy
• 小犬 (こいぬ, koinu) little dog, puppy
• 愛犬 (あいけん, aiken) lovely dog, pet
• 秋田犬 (あきたいぬ, Akita-inu) Akita inu, Japanese akita
• 土佐犬 (とさいぬ, Tosa-inu) Tosa inu, Japanese mastiff
• 柴犬 (しばいぬ, Shiba-inu) Shiba inu, Japanese shiba

---

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

犬
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 견 (revised: gyeon, McCune-Reischauer: kyŏn, Yale: kyen)

• Name (hangeul): 개 견()

1. dog

[edit] Synonyms

• 개 (gae)

[edit] Derived terms

• 犬公 (견공, gyeongong) (personification)
• 犬馬 (견마, gyeonma) dog and horse
• 犬儒 (견유, gyeonyu) cynic
• 犬猿 (견원, gyeonwon) dog and monkey
• 猛犬 (맹견, maenggyeon) fierce dog
• 愛犬 (애견, aegyeon) pet dog
• 鬪犬 (투견, tugyeon) fighting dog

---

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

犬 (pinyin quǎn (quan3), Wade-Giles ch'üan³, Yale chwan)

• Example Words:
• 鷹犬 (yīng quǎn) "dogs that hunt eagle"
• 警犬 (jǐng quǎn) "police dog"
• 黃犬音 (huáng quǎn yīn) "news"
• 犬齒 (quǎn chǐ) "canine tooth", a.k.a. 犬牙 (quǎn yá) or 虎牙 (hǔ yá)

---

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

犬 (khuyển, chó, Thái)