Kiokun Logo
狗
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

dog

HSK 2
Nature →Animals →Mammals
gǒu
ク、コウ
いぬ
구
Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 句 represents the sound.
Components
犭 dog (side)+ 句 sentence =
狗 dog
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog (side)
dog
犭 is a component form of 犬.
句 Phonetic component
jù sentence
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
犯 criminal犰 armadillo犴 a wild dog犷 rude (simp)犸 mammoth (simp)犹 similar (simp)狁 a tribe of狂 crazy狃 to covet狄 tribe from northern china狈 animal (simp)狉 fox-cub狍 species狎 be familiar with狐 fox狒 baboon狙 an ape狞 ferocious appearance (simp)狠 ruthless狡 sly
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
狗
Regular
Modern
Chinese
狗 [gǒu]
dog; CL:隻|只[zhī],條|条[tiáo]
Japanese
犬子 、 犬児 、 狗 、 狗児 えのこ 、 えのころ 、 えぬ 同音
noun archaic puppy
犬 、 狗 いぬ 、 イヌ 同音

noun

  1. dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)
  2. derogatoryusually kana squealer; rat; snitch; informer; informant; spy
  3. derogatory loser; asshole

n-pref

  1. counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
彼女は吠える犬を怖がる。
She is afraid of barking dogs.
気をつけて。警察の犬がかぎ回ってる。
Watch out! A police spy is snooping around.
CHINESE WORDS (183)
狗屁 [gǒu​pì] #3,132
bullshit
小狗 [xiǎo​gǒu] #19,613
pup
热狗 [rè​gǒu] #3,684
hot dog (loanword)
热狗 [rè​gǒu] #3,684
hot dog (loanword)
走狗 [zǒu​gǒu] #10,529
hunting dog
狗肉 [gǒu​ròu] #26,990
dog meat
狗熊 [gǒu​xióng] #15,703
black bear
狗仔队 [gǒu​zǎi​duì] #25,473
paparazzi
狗仔队 [gǒu​zǎi​duì] #25,473
paparazzi
遛狗 [liù​gǒu] #25,879
to walk a dog
173 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (53)
⭐ 犬 [いぬ] #1,462
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)
⭐ 天狗 [てんぐ] #16,745
tengu
川蝉 [かわせみ] #19,555
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
走狗 [そうく] #51,922
hound
天狗になる [てんぐになる] #52,055
to get conceited
烏天狗 [からすてんぐ] #76,669
small, crow-billed tengu
大天狗 [だいてんぐ] #87,426
large tengu
小天狗 [こてんぐ] #106,955
small tengu
天狗道 [てんぐどう] #114,436
world of the tengu
鞍馬天狗 [くらまてんぐ] #120,925
Kurama tengu
43 more items
KOREAN WORDS (2)
주구 #31,206
puppet
토사구팽
killing the dog after hunting