Memory phrase for the character: 狗

狗

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Meaning dog

Pronunciation

gǒu

Explanation

Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: sentence 句 (here: dog house 勹, with a dog 口) [The character 犬 also means 'dog' but is preferably used for categories/races.]

Mnemonic
 
The animal in the dog house is a dog.

Radicals

犭 wild animalShows in particular a wild dog on its hind legs.
句 sentence
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 Vocabulary

走狗 zǒu gǒu  running dog; lackey; servile follower; a person who helps sb harm people
狗熊 gǒu xióng  black bear; coward
狗熊 gǒu xióng  

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