犬

Meaning

Dog · perro

Readings

• On (音読み): ケン
• Kun (訓読み): いぬ

Example words

• 犬（いぬ）— dog
• 子犬（こいぬ）— puppy
• 番犬（ばんけん）— watchdog

Structure

Radical 犬 (いぬ・けものへん · Dog, beast) · 4 strokes · school grade 1

Watch out

大 plus one dot; compare 太 (dot inside) and 天 (bar on top). On the left it shrinks to 犭 (猫, 独). Count dogs and cats with 匹: 一匹 いっぴき, 二匹 にひき, 三匹 さんびき — sokuon and rendaku change the reading.