犭dog
dog. 3 strokes. 13 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 1 to 6 are written with it.
Meaning dogStrokes 3Characters 13Also written 犬
How to write 犭
The shapes it is written in
犭 in 11 characters, 犬 in 2 characters. They are one radical: a part changes shape to fit where it sits in the character, and the dictionary gives every shape the same meaning.
What it tells you about a character
Of the 13 characters below, 13 are pictophonetic with 犭 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.
The 13 characters
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 犭 family
HSK 2 · 2
HSK 3 · 2
HSK 4 · 1
HSK 5 · 5
HSK 6 · 3
Words they appear in
| 狗 | dog 常被人养作宠物、会汪汪叫的动物 |
| 猫 | cat 一种温顺可爱、会捉老鼠的宠物 |
| 状况 | the condition of things 事情目前呈现出来的样子 |
| 形状 | the shape of an object 东西看起来的外部轮廓 |
| 状态 | the state something is in 事物目前所处的样子 |
| 猪 | a pig 身体肥壮、耳朵大大的家畜 |
| 单独 | alone 只有自己一个人，没有别人陪同 |
| 独自 | alone 只靠自己，没有别人陪伴 |
| 独特 | unique 与众不同，别处少见 |
| 独立 | independent 不依靠别人，自己能做主 |
| 猜 | to guess 凭感觉或推测说出答案，没有确凿依据 |
| 猜测 | to speculate, conjecture 根据不完整的线索去推断可能的情况 |
| 大熊猫 | giant panda 一种黑白相间、以竹子为食的珍稀动物 |
| 疯狂 | crazy, frenzied, wild 形容失去理智、程度剧烈的状态 |