Radical 94
Radical 94, meaning "dog" (犬部) is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
犬 | ||
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犬 (U+72AC) "dog" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | quǎn | |
Bopomofo: | ㄑㄩㄢˇ | |
Wade–Giles: | ch'üan3 | |
Cantonese Yale: | hyún | |
Jyutping: | hyun2 | |
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | khián | |
Japanese Kana: | ケン ken (on'yomi) いぬ inu (kun'yomi) | |
Sino-Korean: | 견 gyeon | |
Names | ||
Chinese name(s): | (犭) 反犬旁 fǎnquǎnpáng | |
Japanese name(s): | 犬/いぬ inu (犭) 獣偏/けものへん kemonohen | |
Hangul: | 개 gae | |
Stroke order animation | ||
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 444 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
犬 is also the 66th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 犭 being its associated indexing component.
In Japanese, 犬 is a Kanji symbol, and its Hiragana version is "いぬ" (inu).
犬, just like most Kanji, is used in both Japanese and Chinese languages.
The symbol is pronounced "quăn" in Chinese.
Evolution
- Oracle bone script character
- Bronze script character
- Large seal script character
- Small seal script character
Derived characters
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 犬 犭Component only |
+1 | 犮 |
+2 | 犯 犰 |
+3 | 犱 犲 犳 犴 犵 状SC/JP (=狀) 犷SC (=獷) 犸SC (=獁) |
+4 | 犹SC (=猶) 犺 犻 犼 犽 犾 犿 狀 狁 狂 狃 狄 狅 狆 狇 狈SC (=狽) |
+5 | 狉 狊 狋 狌 狍 狎 狏 狐 狑 狒 狓 狔 狕 狖 狗 狘 狙 狚 狛 狜 狝SC (=獮) 狞SC (=獰) |
+6 | 狟 狠 狡 狢 狣 狤 狥 狦 狧 狨 狩 狪 狫 独SC/JP (=獨) 狭SC/JP (=狹) 狮SC (=獅) 狯SC (=獪) 狰SC (=猙) 狱SC (=獄) 狲SC (=猻) |
+7 | 倐 狳 狴 狵 狶 狷 狸 狹 狺 狻 狼 狽 狾 狿 猀 猁 猂 猃SC (=獫) |
+8 | 猄 猅 猆 猇 猈 猉 猊 猋 猌 猍 猎SC (=獵) 猏 猐 猑 猒 猓 猔 猕SC (=獼) 猖 猗 猘 猙 猚 猛 猜 猝 猞 猟JP (=獵) 猠 猡SC (=玀) 猪SC/JP (=豬) 猫SC/JP variant (=貓 -> 豸) 猧GB TC variant |
+9 | 猢 猣 猤 猥 猦 猧Traditional variant 猨 猩 猬 猭 献SC/JP (=獻) 猯 猰 猱 猲 猳 猴 猵 猶 猷 猸 猹 |
+10 | 猺 猻 猼 猽 猾 猿 獀 獁 獂 獃 獄 獅 獆 獇 獈 獉 獊 獓SC variant 獒SC variant 獏SC variant |
+11 | 獌 獍 獎 獏TC variant 獐 獑 獒TC variant 獓TC variant 獔 獕 獚SC variant |
+12 | 獋 (=獋) 獖 獗 獘 獙 獚TC variant 獛 獜 獝 獞 獟 獠 獡 獢 獣JP (=獸) 獤 獦SC variant |
+13 | 獥 獦TC variant 獧 獨 獩 獪 獫 獬 獭SC (=獺) 獲JP/GB TC variant |
+14 | 獮 獯 獰 獱 獲Traditional variant 獳 獴SC variant 獷GB TC variant |
+15 | 獴TC variant 獵 獶 獷Traditional variant 獸 |
+16 | 獹 獺 獻 |
+17 | 獼 獽 獾SC variant |
+18 | 獾TC variant 獿 |
+19 | 玀 |
+20 | 玁 玂 玃 |
Sinogram
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a first grade kanji[1]
References
- "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.