8 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

puppy, dog

Kun'yomi
  • dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris) ②squealer ③counterfeit
On'yomi
  • コウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

いぬ 63.1%
36.9%

Character Breakdown

puppy, dog
いぬ ク コウ (Kentei Pre-1)
dog(犬) variant
phrase, clause, sentence
ク すく (5th, N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

tengu ②bragging
small, crow-billed tengu
large tengu ②big braggart
person who brags about (or prides themselves on) their fishing skill
small tengu ②promising young martial arts practitioner
feeling lost like a stray dog
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References

Unicode hex code 72D7
JIS X 0208 1-22-73
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2875
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3565
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 345
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 405
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2341
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2430
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 566
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 20345
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3g5.5
Four corner code 4722.0