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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji
    3. 狗

    狗

    狗いぬ

    puppy

    NTAnimalsKanji8 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    いぬ

    On'yomi

    クコウ

    puppydog

    ⺨句

    丿
    勹
    口

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    拘怐苟局佝劬枸咆拘局劬怐苟狒狄

    Concepts using this kanji

    天狗

    tengu

    一人天狗

    self-conceited person

    大天狗

    large tengu

    八天狗

    hattengu

    小天狗

    small tengu

    金天狗

    golden tengu

    手長水天狗

    Bombay duck (Harpadon nehereus)

    海天狗

    short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis)

    天狗物

    category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character

    狗子仏性

    the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")

    天狗話

    boastful story

    木の葉天狗

    weak tengu

    木っ葉天狗

    weak tengu

    増長天狗

    braggart

    天狗道

    world of the tengu

    天狗になる

    to get conceited

    天狗風

    sudden gust

    大石天狗堂

    Oishi Tengudo (karuta maker)

    喪家の狗

    feeling lost like a stray dog

    天狗倒し

    large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain

    松井天狗堂

    Matsui Tengudo (karuta maker)

    走狗

    hound

    天狗茸

    panther cap (species of poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina)

    狗尾草

    green foxtail (Setaria viridis)

    狗肉

    dog meat

    釣り天狗

    person who brags about (or prides themselves on) their fishing skill

    狗母魚

    lizardfish (any fish of family Synodontidae)

    卵天狗茸

    death cap (Amanita phalloides)

    天狗礫

    rock flying out of nowhere (while in the mountains)

    虎を画きて狗に類す

    attempting to be something you are not

    紅天狗茸

    fly agaric (species of poisonous mushroom, Amanita muscaria)

    天狗猿

    proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

    狡兎良狗

    When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off

    烏天狗

    small, crow-billed tengu

    鞍馬天狗

    Kurama tengu

    羊頭を掲げて狗肉を売る

    to cry wine and sell vinegar

    羊頭狗肉

    crying wine and selling vinegar

    青眼狗母魚

    Chlorophthalmus albatrossis (species of greeneye)

    天狗俳諧

    parlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results)

    狡兎死して走狗烹らる

    when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off

    小天狗蝙蝠

    Ussuri tube-nosed bat (Murina ussuriensis)

    鶏鳴狗盗

    person who resorts to petty tricks

    天狗フルーツ蝙蝠

    tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimeninae spp., esp. the common tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene albiventer)

    天狗蝙蝠

    Hilgendorf's tube-nosed bat (Murina hilgendorfi)

    狗屠

    dog slaughter

    狐狗狸

    kokkuri

    狐狗狸さん

    kokkuri

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 勹
    • 口

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    • 狗肉
    • 天狗
    • 天狗風
    • 天狗話
    • 羊頭狗肉
    • 狗尾草
    • 走狗
    • 天狗茸
    • 烏天狗
    • 喪家の狗
    • 一人天狗
    • 鶏鳴狗盗
    • 増長天狗
    • 紅天狗茸
    • 狗子仏性
    • 狐狗狸さん
    • 狡兎死して走狗烹らる
    • 狡兎良狗
    • 卵天狗茸
    • 青眼狗母魚
    • 狗母魚
    • 天狗蝙蝠
    • 木の葉天狗
    • 木っ葉天狗
    • 天狗になる
    • 手長水天狗
    • 海天狗
    • 小天狗蝙蝠
    • 天狗フルーツ蝙蝠
    • 天狗猿
    • 羊頭を掲げて狗肉を売る
    • 大天狗
    • 釣り天狗
    • 天狗物
    • 小天狗
    • 天狗倒し
    • 狗屠
    • 狐狗狸
    • 鞍馬天狗
    • 金天狗
    • 天狗礫
    • 天狗道
    • 八天狗
    • 虎を画きて狗に類す
    • 天狗俳諧
    • 大石天狗堂
    • 松井天狗堂

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