Radical 94


Radical 94, meaning "dog" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 444 characters to be found under this radical.
犬 is also the 66th indexing component in the Chinese Character Components">Chinese language">Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with being its associated indexing component.
In Japanese, 犬 is a Kanji symbol, and its Hiragana version is "いぬ".
犬, just like most Kanji, is used in both Japanese and Chinese languages.
The symbol is pronounced "quăn" in Chinese.

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.