狗 gǒu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 句 sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
狗
gǒu
dog
Character
Example phrases
- 我家有狗。 Wǒ jiā yǒu gǒu. My family has a dog.
- 这只狗很乖。 Zhè zhī gǒu hěn guāi. This dog is very good.
- 狗在门口。 Gǒu zài ménkǒu. The dog is by the door.