犬

犬 — dog

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 4
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #1326 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: けん ken
Kun'yomi: いぬ inu

いぬ- inu-

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 犬

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

犬いぬ dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris) JLPT N5