犬 — dog
いぬ
犬
dog
Grade 1
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
4 strokes
animal
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
Meanings
- dog
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).
Components
Composed of
おおきい
大
big
#37
Used as component in (9)
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.