狗 (gǒu)

dog

How 狗 is written

Strokes
8
Radical
犭 — dog
Traditional
狗
Simplified
狗 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 狗

小狗 xiǎogǒu
pup; puppy
搜狗 sōugǒu
Sougou (searching dog) search engine, www.sogou.com
狗屁 gǒupì
bullshit; nonsense
狗屎 gǒushǐ
canine excrement; dog poo; bullshit
狗肉 gǒuròu
dog meat
狗血 gǒuxiě
melodramatic; contrived
遛狗 liùgǒu
to walk a dog
人模狗樣 rénmógǒuyàng
(idiom) to pose; to put on airs
偷雞摸狗 tōujīmōgǒu
to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom); to dally with women; to have affairs
打狗 dǎgǒu
to beat a dog; old name for Kaohsiung 高雄 in southern Taiwan
海狗 hǎigǒu
fur seal
熱狗 règǒu
hot dog

狗 in a sentence

我家養了一隻很聽話的狗。

Wǒ jiā yǎngle yì zhī hěn tīnghuà de gǒu.

“My family keeps a very obedient dog.”

How common is 狗?

狗 is the 1,279th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 92.7% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 狗

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