quǎn
dog
犭 is a component form of 犬, which is a pictograph of a dog.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernComponent uses
Meaning component in 84 characters (14 verified)
独 獨 獲 获 犯 狂 狗 猜 狠 猫 猪 猴 狮 獅 猛 犹 猶 獵 猎 狼 猩 狹 狭 狄 猿 狐 狡 狸 猾 狽 狈 狩 狒 猝 猖 狞 狙 獗 猓 狰 猙 猥 獾 獭 猬 獠 獷 犷 狻 猕 獐 獯 獬 狎 狷 狯 猢 狲 猻 狍 犸 猗 猊 獍 猡 狺 猞 猁 犴 猱 狁 狴 犰 狳 狃 猹 猃 猸 狨 狉 玃 猲 猳 猵
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 3 |
Unicode | U+72AD |
Shuowen | “犬,狗之有縣蹏者也。象形。孔子曰:‘視犬之字如畫狗也。’” |
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