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Translation

quǎn = qu + an3: dog / Kangxi radical 94

Mnemonic

Cupid (qu) wants to play fetch with the Saint Bernard dog (犬) in the anthill's living room (an3) and throws a petal (丶) over his head, but the dog just continues sleeping. Much to Cupid's surprise though, a big robot (大) happily leaps after the petal.

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犬 character breakdown

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]
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big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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Characters with 犬 as component

sense of smell / smell bad
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stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition)
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to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt
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to dash / to move forward quickly / to bulge / to protrude / to break through / to rush out / sudden / Taiwan pr. [tu2]
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to offer / to present / to dedicate / to donate / to show / to put on display / worthy person (old)
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accusation / suit / state / condition / strong / great / -shaped
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Words with 犬

beloved pet dog
dingo (Canis dingo)
upward-facing dog (yoga pose)
downward-facing dog (yoga pose)
Chinese rural dog / indigenous dog / mongrel
Pomeranian (dog breed)
variant of 梗犬[geng3 quan3]
Great Dane (dog breed)
Canis Major (constellation)
Great Pyrenees (dog breed)
guide dog (for the blind) / Seeing Eye dog
puppy / my son (humble)
Canis Minor (constellation)
pug (breed of dog)
lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom) / fig. to ride on sb else's success / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too / Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

Sentences with 犬

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