The Chinese Radical: 犬


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Meaning
dog    犬

Explanation Shows a big 大 person with with outspread arms who holds a small dog 丶

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
correct, right so, thus, like this, -ly
rán
Top: dog meat 肰 (body 月/肉, dog 犬), below: fire 灬 [犬 = The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶]
(Dog meat is often chewy) The meat of a dog must be correctly over the fire: so it will be right and correct, thus ...  
HSK 3
to cry, to weep

Top: two mouths 口 (here: two eyes), bottom: dog 犬 (here: mouth with corners drawn down and a tear 丶
From two eyes ロロ a tear 丶 runs to the mouth 大 when: crying.  
HSK 3
to dash, proceed quickly, break through, suddenly

Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), bottom: dog 犬 (The big 大 person holds it 丶 in the arms)
The cavity is big enough for a dog: It dashes in suddenly.  
HSK 4
silent, write from memory

Left: black 黑/黒 (The underside of the cooking pot 里 is stained by fire 灬 black.), right: dog 犬 (The big 大 person holds it 丶 in the arms)
About the black dog it is kept silent.  
HSK 4
to loathe, dislike, detest
yàn
Outside: cliff 厂, below: dog 犬 (The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶)
Over the cliff with that dog, because I loathe it.  
HSK 4
to catch, to capture, to reap, to harvest, to obtain
huò
Top: plant 艹, bottom: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), dog 犬
(When using sticks as a trap) With plants wild animals or dogs can be caught.  
HSK 5
to offer, to present, dedicate, donate
xiàn
Left: south 南 (It costs ten 十 Yen ¥, for the entrance 冂 towards south 南.), right: dog 犬 (The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶)
In the south, dogs are an offered present.  
HSK 5
to burn, to ignite, to enlight, to spark off (hopes)
rán
Left: fire 火, right: correct, right, so 然 (The body 月/肉 of the dog 犬 was roasted 灬 over the fire. Is that correct?)
A fire that grills the body of a dog is: a real fire.  
HSK 5
accusation, suit, state, condition, great
zhuàng
Left: bed 丬 (simplified 爿 from tree cut in half, cf.片), right: dog 犬 (The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶)
In the bed a dog? It will be accused.  
HSK 5
equipment, device, tool, utensil

Four mouths 口, dog 犬 (Here: a big 大 with an accent 丶 for emphasis as a "very big")
For four mouths you need a very big equipment.  
HSK 5
stench, stink, smelly, to smell bad
chòu, xiù
Top: self 自 (The accented (= emphasized) ノ eye 目 shows the own self, thus the 'ego'), below: dog 犬 (The big 大 person holds it 丶 in the arms)
His ego is like a dog: Both stink!  
HSK 6
prison, jail, penitentiary

From left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), word 讠/言, dog 犬 (The big 大 person holds it 丶 in the arms)
A wild animal turns by one word (= sentence of a judge) into a tame dog: in prison.  
HSK 6
to subdue, to conceal oneself, hibernation

Left: person 人, right: dog 犬 (The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶)
A person is like a dog, when he subdues.  
HSK 6
dog
quǎn
The symbol for large 大 (= big man with outstretched arms) and an extra line 丶, which is understood as a dog. [This: 狗 also means 'dog'. But 犬 is more used in written/formal.]
The big man holds in his arms: a dog.  
HSK 6
to smell, to sniff, to nose
xiù
Left: mouth 口, right: smell/stink/smack 臭 (His ego 自 is like a dog 犬 that it stinks.) [犬 = The big 大 man holds it 丶 in his arms.]
With open mouth the stink can be smelled.  
HSK 6
bundle wrapped in cloth

Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: subsue 伏 (A person 亻/人 is like a dog 犬, when it subdues.)
With clothes a person can (carry) a dog, enwrapped as: a bundle.  
no HSK
thick weeds, luxuriant growth, impertinent
mǎng
From top: plant 艹, dog 犬 (The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶), plant 艹
If a dog can hide in these grasses, it is thick weeds.  
no HSK
suddenly, abrupt
shū
Top: distance 攸 (The person 人 uses a stick丨 and strikes 攵, to keep him distant.), bottom: dog 犬
(It jumped towards me:) The distance to the dog changed suddenly.  
no HSK
to inspect, to check, bow to the ground
jī, qǐ
Left: rice plant 禾, right: var. of dog 犬, purpose, aim 旨 (if sb. is sitting 匕 in sun 日 he has a purpose)
In the rice plants is a 'dog' for the purpose of inspecting.  
no HSK
whirlwind, violent wind
biāo
Left: 猋 = 3x dog 犬 (The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶), right: wind 风/風 (insect 虫 blown into a sail几)
Like three dogs, such a wind: a whirlwind!  
no HSK
to bark
fèi
Left: mouth 口, right: dog 犬 (The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶)
The mouth of the dog barks.  
no HSK
python
mǎng
Left: insect 虫, right: thick weeds 莽 (If a dog 犬 can hide in the grasses 艹,艹, it is thick weeds.)
The 'insect' in the thick weed, that (eats) the dog is: the python.  

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