犬 — dog
いぬ
犬
dog
いぬ
U+72AC
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1326
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #238
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #94 · 犭
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Meanings
- dog
Readings
- On'yomi
- けん ken
- Kun'yomi
- いぬ inu
word
いぬ inu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
けん ken On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
6 wordsEach dot is a word containing 犬: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 4 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.
Used as component in (8)
Indicative compound (指事). 大 (figure with limbs spread) with a dot (丶) marking the ear. A dog — the dot distinguishes the quadruped from the human form 大.