Radical 94

犬犭
93 ⽜ ◄	94	► ⽞ 95
Pinyin :	quǎn 犬猶 quǎnyóu or 反犬旁 fǎnquǎnpáng
Zhuyin :	ㄑㄩㄢ
Hiragana :	いぬ inu
Kanji :	犬 inu (= dog) 犭獣偏 kemonohen
Hangul :	개
Sinocorean :	견
Codepoint :	U + 72AC 72AD
Stroke sequence :

Radical 94 , meaning " dog ", is one of 34 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese script , which consist of four strokes.

With 84 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , this radical occurs relatively frequently in the lexicon.

The signs assigned to the radical 犬 mostly have to do with dogs, such as:

状 (= appearance, appearance, derived from the appearance of a dog)

献 (in: 羹献 = to dedicate, derived from sacrificing a dog in the temple)

突 (= suddenly, consists of 穴 = cave and 犬 = dog: a dog suddenly emerging from a cave)

獒 (= wild dog, is a generic term for mastiff or fighting dog)

The characters with the variant 犭 have to do with wild animals, such as:

狼 (= wolf)

狐狸 (= fox)

Or they have to do with their behaviors such as:

狂 (= crazy),

狺 (= yapping, a combined character from 犭 = dog and 言 = word).

Character combinations governed by radical 94

Japanese Akita dog

Strokes	character
+ 00	犬犭
+ 01	犮
+ 02	犯犰
+ 03	犱犲犳犴犵状犷犸
+ 04	犹犺犻犼犽犾犿狀狁狂狃狄狅狆狇狈
+ 05	狉狊狋狌狍狎狏狐狑狒狓狔狕狖狗狘狙狚狛狜狝狞
+ 06	狟狠狡狢狣狤狥狦狧狨狩狪狫独狭狮狯狰狱狲
+ 07	倐狳狴狵狶狷狸狹狺狻狼狽狾狿猀猁猂猃
+ 08	猄猅猆猇猈猉猊猋猌猍猎猏猐猑猒猓猔猕猖猗猘猙猚猛猜猜猝猞猟猠猡猪猪
+ 09	猢猣猤猥猦猧猨猩猫猬猭献猯猰猱猲猳猳猴猵猶猷猸猹獓
+10	猺猻猼猽猾猿獀獁獂獃獄獅獆獇獈獉獊
+11	獌獍獎獏獐獑獒獔獕
+12	獋獖獗獘獙獚獛獜獝獞獟獠獡獢獣獤
+13	獥獦獧獨獩獪獫獬獭
+14	獮獯獰獱獲獳獴
+15	獵獶獷獸
+16	獹獺獻
+17	獼獽
+18	獾獿
+19	玀
+20	玁玂玃

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 94 is coded under the code point number 12.125 (U + 2F5D).

Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 152 .
Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 121 .

Commons : Radikal 94 - Graphic representations of Radikal 94