The kanji 犬: meaning, readings and stroke order

犬

Meaning: dog
On reading: ケン ken
Kun reading: いぬ inu
Strokes: 4
Radical: 犬 dog
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con chó (khuyển)
Japanese: いぬ。
Korean: 개 (견)
Chinese: 狗

Readings, words and example sentences

ケン ken · on reading

名めい犬けん
famous dog, very smart dog
テレビで 名めい犬けんを見ました。
I saw a famous smart dog on TV.

いぬ inu · kun reading

犬いぬ
dog
白い 犬いぬがこうえんをはしっています。
A white dog is running in the park.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.