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犭 — dog/beast (left form), kemonohen (grapheme component)

犭 dog/beast (left form), kemonohen
Component 3 strokes U+72AD

Three-stroke beast form. Left-side variant of 犬 used as a hen radical, called けものへん (kemonohen, 'beast-side'). Marks kanji for animals and beastly behavior. Component of 独 (alone), 犯 (crime), 狙 (aim), 獲 (seize), 猛 (fierce), 狭 (narrow), 狂 (insane), 獄 (prison). Variant of Kangxi radical 94 (犬).

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