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King Kanji 5 - 犬 / inu

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  • I've always viewed this kanji as a front view of a dog, with the little dash as one of the floppy ears.

    猛犬 もうけん savage dog is another compound word that uses this kanji.

  • @MrLeo34

    I like 愛犬, my "loved" dog!

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  • I am wondering if you have any lessons about the 1 stroke radicals....I would be more interested about the reading of them since the meaning is sometimes null

  • I remember the hito kanji, with the strong bar up top, strong man has a dog, the little dash up top next to him is his dog.

  • 犬!やああああああ

  • So, all dogs are big dots, ne? I guess, from a certain distance, that's true ^^.

  • All dogs at Uni walk backwards?

  • woof

  • 犬 [practice typing kanji!]  (^_^)

  • The kai in kaiinu, is the kanji used in th verb kau - to keep (a pet or other animal); to raise; to have; to own; to feed.

    So perhaps kaiinu could also mean a raised dog.

  • @Kamisoyokaze

    Yes, thanks I do still want to know about stuff like that! Thanks!

  • that's weird how that second radical isn't even in the kanji itself.

    or maybe it used to be included in an ancient version?

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