HSK 6 · Nature

犬 quǎn “dog” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 犬 means

  1. dog
  2. Kangxi radical 94

How to say 犬

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale犬quǎn3rd tone, dipping

犬 in a sentence

  1. 小心恶犬！

    Xiǎoxīn èquǎn!

    Beware of the dog!

    Sentence #1358054 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 别怕吠犬。

    Bié pà fèi quǎn.

    Don’t be afraid of barking dogs.

    Sentence #6089930 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 马、狮、犬、羊：这些是动物。

    Mǎ, shī, quǎn, yáng: zhèxiē shì dòngwù.

    Horse, lion, dog, sheep: these are animals.

    Sentence #943182 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 犬 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 犬 (quǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
犬quǎndog
  • 大big · dà
  • 丶dot · zhǔ

How to write 犬

犬 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

犬 (quǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 犬 (quǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 犬

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FAQs

犬 (quǎn) means “dog” or “Kangxi radical 94”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it quǎn: quǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 犬 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 犬 from the suggestions. Typing quan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
犬 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.