狗
dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #557 U+72D7
How 狗 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
犭 (semantic, “dog”) + 句 (phonetic, jù)
How to remember it
dog · Heisig RSH #251
pack of wild dogs + 句 sentence
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 句
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 句 (jù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 句 sound component | jù | sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph; stanza |
| 鸲 | qú | mynah; Erithacus species (various) |
| 拘 | jū | to detain, to restrain, to seize |
| 苟 | gǒu | careless, frivolous, illicit; but, if only |
| 够 | gòu | enough, adequate; to reach, to attain; to pass muster |
| 枸 | gōu | a kind of aspen found in Sichuan |
| 驹 | jū | colt; fleet, swift; surname |
| 朐 | qú | warm |
| 昫 | xù | warm |
| 鼩 | qú | shrew |
| 劬 | qú | diligent; to toil, to endeavor |
| 岣 | gǒu | a hill in Hunan |
| 笱 | gǒu | a basket trap for fish |
Words containing 狗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电子狗 | diàn zǐ gǒu | radar detector (slang) |
| 巴儿狗 | bā r gǒu | see 哈巴狗[ha3 ba1 gou3] |
| 关门打狗 | guān mén dǎ gǒu | lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom); fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, … |
| 肉包子打狗 | ròu bāo zi dǎ gǒu | lit. to fling a meat bun at a dog (idiom); fig. to flush (one's money or efforts) down the… |
| 打落水狗 | dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu | lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom); fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy; to hit… |
| 狗东西 | gǒu dōng xi | scumbag; scoundrel |
| 狗头军师 | gǒu tóu jūn shī | (derog.) inept advisor; a good-for-nothing adviser; one who offers bad advice |
| 狗尾巴草 | gǒu wěi ba cǎo | see 狗尾草[gou3 wei3 cao3] |
| 狗子 | gǒu zi | (coll.) dog |
| 金毛狗 | jīn máo gǒu | golden retriever (dog breed); Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy frond… |
| 小狗 | xiǎo gǒu | pup; puppy |
| 海狗 | hǎi gǒu | fur seal |
| 单身狗 | dān shēn gǒu | (Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatin… |
| 狗门 | gǒu mén | dog door; dog flap |
| 打狗 | Dǎ gǒu | Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung 高雄[Gao1 xiong2] in the southwest of Taiwan |
| 狗日 | gǒu rì | lit. fucked or spawned by a dog; contemptible; lousy, fucking |
| 哈巴狗 | hǎ bā gǒu | pekingese (dog); (fig.) sycophant; lackey |
| 沙皮狗 | shā pí gǒu | Chinese shar-pei (dog breed) |
| 狗尾草 | gǒu wěi cǎo | green foxtail (Setaria viridis) |
| 狗眼看人低 | gǒu yǎn kàn rén dī | to act like a snob |