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Chinese symbol for “watchdog”

看门狗
kān mén gǒu
Traditional: 看門狗
watchdog

The closest CC-CEDICT match for watchdog is 看门狗 (kān mén gǒu), defined as: watchdog.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

看 kān
to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
门 mén
gate, door, entrance, opening
radical 169 ⾨ · 3 strokes
狗 gǒu
dog
radical 94 ⽝ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “watchdog”

WordPinyinMeaning
看家狗kān jiā gǒuwatchdog
监察人 (監察人)jiān chá rénsupervisor; monitor

Related words

Other words that share a character with 看门狗.

WordPinyinMeaning
看到kàn dàoto see
看看kàn kanto take a look at; to examine
看见 (看見)kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of
看来 (看來)kàn laiapparently; it seems that
看法kàn fǎway of looking at a thing; view
看起来 (看起來)kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
部门 (部門)bù méndepartment; branch
专门 (專門)zhuān ménspecialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose)
狗狗gǒu gōu(coll.) dog; doggie

See also: Japanese symbol for “watchdog”.

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.

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