Dog Radical (犭) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
犭 is the dog radical. It appears in 25 of the most common Chinese characters — these 12 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 犭 mean?
Dog radical · 犬 quǎn · 4 strokes · dog
As a radical it is called 反犬旁 (fǎn quǎn páng).
It usually appears on the left of the character. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
犬 itself: A dog turned to the side
12 common characters with 犭
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 突 | tū | to dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge; to protrude; to break thro… | A dog 犬 rushing out of a cave 穴 |
| 独 | dú | alone; solely, only | 虫 supplies the sound |
| 状 | zhuàng | condition; form; plaint | 丬 supplies the sound |
| 器 | qì | [nominal suffix following a verb indicating the related device or instrument] | Four cooking vessels 口 guarded by a dog 犬 |
| 犯 | fàn | commit (crime, mistake, etc.); violate, offend (rule, etc.); have a recurrence of (illness, bad habit, etc.) | 㔾 supplies the sound |
| 献 | xiàn | offer, present; dedicate | 南 supplies the sound |
| 默 | mò | silent; to write from memory | A dog 犬 watching in the dark 黑 |
| 哭 | kū | cry, sob, weep | To shed a tear from your eyes 口 over a person 犬 |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog | 句 supplies the sound |
| 猪 | zhū | pig, hog | 者 supplies the sound |
| 猛 | měng | ferocious, hard | 孟 supplies the sound |
| 狂 | kuáng | mad, crazy; conceited, arrogant; unrestrained, wild | 王 supplies the sound |
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