Dog Radical

quǎnAlias: Dog Radical

Strokes 4 strokes

Position Left

Characters 4 hanzi

Variants犭

Semantic Meaning

Chinese character radical: Dog Radical

Mnemonic Memory Tip

A running dog. The side variant (犭) represents animals and ferocious beasts.

字

Chinese Characters with Radical 犬 (4)

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4 strokes

犬

quǎn

dog.

5 strokes

犮

bá

dog (archaic).

7 strokes

状

zhuàng

form.

13 strokes

献

xiàn

to offer, present, or dedicate.