犬 dog
- On'yomi
- ケン
- Kun'yomi
- いぬ
- Strokes
- 4
- JLPT
- N4
- Taught in
- Primary school, year 1
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Remember it
A big person with one extra dot — that little flea clinging to their side is the dog they never go anywhere without.
A common word
- 犬 いぬ dog
Example sentences
うちの犬は白いです。
うちのいぬはしろいです。
Our dog is white.
毎朝、犬と公園を散歩します。
まいあさ、いぬとこうえんをさんぽします。
Every morning I walk in the park with my dog.
Don't confuse it with
Kanji that share a part
丶 is a component. 22 kanji share it in all.
- 半 half
- 丸 circle
- 太 thick
- 以 by means of
- 業 business
- 永 eternal N3
- 求 request N3
- 単 simple N3
大 is a component. 26 kanji share it in all.
- 天 heaven
- 夫 husband
- 太 thick
- 奥 interior
- 因 cause N3
- 戻 re- N3
- 参 nonplussed N3
- 突 stab N3