| 犬 | ||
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| 犬 (U+72AC) "dog" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | quǎn | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄑㄩㄢˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | ch'üan3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | hyún | |
| Jyutping: | hyun2 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | khián | |
| Japanese Kana: | ケン ken (on'yomi) いぬ inu (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 견 gyeon | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | (犭) 反犬旁 fǎnquǎnpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 犬/いぬ inu (犭) 獣偏/けものへん kemonohen | |
| Hangul: | 개 gae (犭) 개사슴록변 gaesaseumnokbyeon | |
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Radical 94, meaning "dog" (犬部) is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 444 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
犬 is also the 66th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 犭 being its associated indexing component.
In Japanese, 犬 is a Kanji symbol, and its Hiragana version is "いぬ" (inu).
犬, just like most Kanji, is used in both Japanese and Chinese languages.
The symbol is pronounced "quăn" in Chinese.