狗 — Chinese character
狗
gǒu
dog
- Pinyin
- gǒu
- Radical
- 94 ⽝ (Dog)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 犭 句
- Formation
- pictophonetic — dog; meaning component 犭; sound component 句
- Japanese
- 狗 as a kanji
Common words with 狗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狗狗 | gǒu gōu | (coll.) dog; doggie |
| 小狗 | xiǎo gǒu | pup; puppy |
| 狗屁 | gǒu pì | bullshit; nonsense |
| 走狗 | zǒu gǒu | hunting dog; hound |
| 狗肉 | gǒu ròu | dog meat |
| 狗屎 | gǒu shǐ | canine excrement; dog poo |
| 热狗 (熱狗) | rè gǒu | hot dog (loanword) |
| 狗日 | gǒu rì | lit. fucked or spawned by a dog; contemptible |
| 疯狗 (瘋狗) | fēng gǒu | rabid dog; (fig.) vicious dog; aggressive dog |
| 狼狗 | láng gǒu | wolfdog |
| 看门狗 (看門狗) | kān mén gǒu | watchdog |
| 流浪狗 | liú làng gǒu | stray dog |
English words written with 狗
狗 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 13
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 5
- Mencius 1A.3
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 2A.1
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
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