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Jul 30th 2011, 02:13

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* {{l|ja|探知犬}} ({{l|ja|たんちけん}}, ''[[tanchi-ken]]''): [[detection dog]]

* {{l|ja|探知犬}} ({{l|ja|たんちけん}}, ''[[tanchi-ken]]''): [[detection dog]]

* {{l|ja|救助犬}} ({{l|ja|きゅうじょけん}}, ''[[kyūjo-ken]]''): [[rescue dog]]

* {{l|ja|救助犬}} ({{l|ja|きゅうじょけん}}, ''[[kyūjo-ken]]''): [[rescue dog]]
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* {{l|ja|死体犬}}: lit. a "''[[cadaver dog]]''"

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* {{l|ja|死体犬}} ({{l|ja|し
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けん]]''): lit. a "''[[cadaver dog]]''"

* {{l|ja|麻薬犬}} ({{l|ja|まやくけん}}, ''[[mayaku-ken]]''): [[drug dog]], [[dope dog]]

* {{l|ja|麻薬犬}} ({{l|ja|まやくけん}}, ''[[mayaku-ken]]''): [[drug dog]], [[dope dog]]

* {{l|ja|放火犬}} ({{l|ja|ほうかけん}}, ''[[hōka-ken]]''): [[arson dog]]

* {{l|ja|放火犬}} ({{l|ja|ほうかけん}}, ''[[hōka-ken]]''): [[arson dog]]

Latest revision as of 02:13, 30 July 2011

Contents

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
犬-order.gif

[edit] Alternative forms

  • 犭 (when used as a left Chinese radical)

Although the alternative form clearly shows only three strokes, it is still counted as four strokes when using a Chinese dictionary. Compare 氵 from 水 ("water"), 扌 from 手 ("hand"), and 忄 from 心 ("heart"), all of which are a 3-stroke form from a 4-stroke character.

[edit] Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – the dot is the ear. In the form 犭, a dog that is up on its hind legs.

The character is considered a rather abstract rendition – Confucius is quoted as saying "The ancients must have had very strange looking dogs" (500 BCE).[1]

犬 犬 犬 犬
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

[edit] Han character

A dog (a Labrador)

犬 (radical 94 犬+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈大 (IK), four-corner 43030, composition ⿻大丶)

  1. dog
  2. radical number 94

[edit] Usage notes

犬 is the 94th radical in the Chinese dictionary. Compound characters such as 狇 mostly use the alternative form at the left of the character. Most represent something to do with dogs or other animals. A smaller proportion (e. g. 狀) use the primary form at the right of the character. A few even show both forms: in 獄 which means "prison" or "litigation"; "words" (言) stand between two dogs to keep them from biting each other.

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Derived characters

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 705, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20234
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1118, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1331, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+72AC

[edit] Usage notes

  1. ^ Richard Sears. "Chinese Etymology: Primitives and Remnants." URL accessed on 2008-08-14.

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

犬 (Yale hyun2)

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Noun

犬 (counter -匹, hiragana いぬ, romaji inu)

  1. dog, canine
    犬に毎日餌を上げて下さい。
    いぬにまいにちえさをあげてください。
    Inu ni mainichi esa o agetekudasai.
    Please feed the dog every day.
  2. (like a dog) one who is loyal
  3. spy

[edit] Kanji

犬 (grade 1 "Kyōiku" kanji)

  1. dog
  2. dog radical (いぬ)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Compounds

けん]]): lit. a "cadaver dog"

[edit] See also

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

犬
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 견 (revised: gyeon, McCune-Reischauer: kyŏn, Yale: kyen)
  • Name (hangeul): 개 견()
  1. dog

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

犬 (pinyin quǎn (quan3), Wade-Giles ch'üan3, Yale chwan)

[edit] Usage notes

Commonly found in some terms, and not to be used alone. For example, 1. 鬆獅犬/松狮犬 (literal meaning: loose-lion-dog)- chow chow 2. 狂犬病(literal meaning: mad-dog-disease)- rabies 3. 警犬- police dog 4. (Incorrect use): 我養了三隻犬。I have three dogs. (correct use): 我養了三隻狗。

  • Example Words:
  • 鷹犬 (yīng quǎn) "dogs that hunt eagle"
  • 警犬 (jǐng quǎn) "police dog"
  • 黃犬音 (huáng quǎn yīn) "news"
  • 犬齒 (quǎn chǐ) "canine tooth", a.k.a. 犬牙 (quǎn yá) or 虎牙 (hǔ yá)

[edit] Min Dong

[edit] Noun

犬

  1. a dog

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

犬 (khuyển, chó, Thái)

[edit] Han character

犬

  1. Shanghainese: chioe
  2. Jiading dialect: chioe
  3. Jiading dialect (Huading): chioe
  4. Suzhou dialect: chioe
  5. Wuxi dialect: chio
  6. Wuxi dialect (Old pronunciation): chioe
  7. Hangzhou dialect: chiuo
  8. Taizhou dialect (Wenling): khioe
  9. Taizhou dialect (Linghai): khioe
  10. Quzhou dialect: choe
  11. Jiangyin dialect: chioe
  12. Jiangyin dialect (Yuecheng): chioe
  13. Changzhou dialect: chioe
  14. Ningbo dialect: chioe, chiu
  15. Shaoxing dialect: chioen
  16. Wenzhou dialect: chiu

[edit] Noun

犬

  1. a dog (archaic in most Wu dialects)
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