犬 — kanji meaning “dog”
犬
dog
- Meanings
- dog
- On'yomi
- ケン (ken)
- Kun'yomi
- いぬ、いぬ-
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #1326 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 94
- Chinese reading
- quǎn, quán — Chinese character page
Words with 犬
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 愛犬 | あいけん aiken | pet dog; beloved dog |
| 飼い犬 | かいいぬ kaiinu | pet dog |
| 野犬 | やけん yaken | stray dog; ownerless dog |
| 盲導犬 | もうどうけん moudouken | guide dog; seeing-eye dog |
| 負け犬 | まけいぬ makeinu | loser; failure; underdog |
| 猟犬 | りょうけん ryouken | hound; hunting dog; gun dog |
| 番犬 | ばんけん banken | watchdog; guard dog |
| 子犬 | こいぬ koinu | puppy |
| 野良犬 | のらいぬ norainu | stray dog |
| 柴犬 | しばいぬ shibainu | shiba inu (dog breed); shiba; brushwood dog |
| 狂犬 | きょうけん kyouken | mad dog |
| 狂犬病 | きょうけんびょう kyoukenbyou | rabies |
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