犬

quǎn

HSK 6

#2,643 most

frequent character

dog

noun

Character breakdown

犬 draws a dog seen from the side. It means 'dog.' When it stands on the left of another character, it is written 犭.

Drawn as: side view of dog

meaning8 characters

sound2 characters

picture9 characters

empty2 characters

我的狗很聪明。

wǒde gǒu hěn cōngmíng 。

My dog is very smart.

那只犬在公园里跑。

nàzhī quǎn zài gōngyuán lǐ pǎo 。

That dog is running in the park.

我喜欢养犬。

wǒ xǐhuān yǎng quǎn 。

I like to raise dogs.