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Chinese symbol for “kennel”

狗屋
gǒu wū
kennel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for kennel is 狗屋 (gǒu wū), defined as: kennel.

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Characters and stroke order

狗 gǒu
dog
radical 94 ⽝ · 8 strokes
屋 wū
building, house, shelter; room
radical 44 ⼫ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “kennel”

WordPinyinMeaning
犬舍quǎn shèkennel
狗窝 (狗窩)gǒu wōdoghouse; kennel
狗舍gǒu shèkennel

Related words

Other words that share a character with 狗屋.

WordPinyinMeaning
狗狗gǒu gōu(coll.) dog; doggie
小狗xiǎo gǒupup; puppy
狗屁gǒu pìbullshit; nonsense
走狗zǒu gǒuhunting dog; hound
狗肉gǒu ròudog meat
狗屎gǒu shǐcanine excrement; dog poo
房屋fáng wūhouse; building
屋顶 (屋頂)wū dǐngroof

See also: Japanese symbol for “kennel”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.