狗
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Translingual
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Han character
狗 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 大竹心口 (KHPR), four-corner 47220, composition ⿰犭句)
Derived characters
- 𭲉, 𬍉, 𬍌, 𮏛, 𤟳
References
- KangXi: page 709, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20345
- Dae Jaweon: page 1121, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1341, character 5
- Unihan data for U+72D7
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 狗 | |
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alternative forms | 豿 “cub” 㺃 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 狗 | ||
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Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Old Chinese | |
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勾 | *koː, *koːs |
鉤 | *koː |
鴝 | *koː, *ɡo |
句 | *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo |
夠 | *koː, *koːs, *kʰoː |
枸 | *koː, *koːʔ, *koʔ |
軥 | *koː, *koːs, *ɡo |
狗 | *koːʔ |
苟 | *koːʔ |
岣 | *koːʔ, *ko |
笱 | *koːʔ |
玽 | *koːʔ |
耇 | *koːʔ |
豿 | *koːʔ, *qʰroːɡ |
敂 | *koːʔ |
怐 | *koːs, *kʰoːs, *qʰoːs, *kos |
雊 | *koːs |
竘 | *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoʔ |
齁 | *qʰoː |
呴 | *qʰoːʔ, *qʰos |
蚼 | *qʰoːʔ, *ɡo |
豞 | *qʰoːs |
訽 | *qʰoːs, *ɡoːs |
佝 | *qʰoːs |
拘 | *ko |
駒 | *ko |
眗 | *ko |
跔 | *ko |
鮈 | *ko |
痀 | *ko |
蒟 | *koʔ, *kos |
絇 | *kos, *ɡo |
邭 | *kos |
劬 | *ɡo |
朐 | *ɡo |
鼩 | *ɡo |
斪 | *ɡo |
翑 | *ɡo |
葋 | *ɡo |
姁 | *ɡo, *qʰo, *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
欨 | *qʰo, *qʰoʔ |
喣 | *qʰoʔ |
煦 | *qʰoʔ, *qʰos |
昫 | *qʰos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *koːʔ) : semantic 犬 (“dog”) + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).
Etymology
From some language ancestral to modern Hmong-Mien languages, from Proto-Hmong-Mien *qluwˣ (“dog”), perhaps from Proto-Austronesian *(u-)(ŋ)kuɣkuɣ (“dog”) (Norman, 1988; Benedict, 1996).
Alternatively, STEDT derives this from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-kʷəj-n (“dog”), whence also 犬 (OC *kʰʷeːnʔ).
Less likely, it may be related to 駒 (OC *ko, “foal”), 羔 (OC *kluː, “lamb”), 𤘽 (“calf”) (Wang, 1982).
Pronunciation
Definitions
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狗
- dog (Classifier: 隻/只 m c mn; 條/条 m)
- 餵狗/喂狗 ― wèi gǒu ― to feed a dog
- 累成狗 ― lèi chéng gǒu ― extremely tired [cf. dog-tired]
- (derogatory) something or someone unpleasant
- 你是條狗,是王八養的! [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2001, Chiung Yao, 情深深雨濛濛/情深深雨蒙蒙, episode 39 (Mainland version)
- Nǐ shì tiáo gǒu, shì wángba yǎng de! [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
你是条狗,是王八养的! [MSC, simp.]
- Used as an attributive.
- 狗男女 ― gǒu nánnǚ ― couple in an illicit love affair
- 狗官 ― gǒuguān ― government official
- 看老娘錘爆你的狗頭! [MSC, trad.]
- Kàn lǎoniáng chuí bào nǐ de gǒu tóu! [Pinyin]
- See how I hammer you in your goddamn head!
看老娘锤爆你的狗头! [MSC, simp.]
- (chiefly Beijing) to flatter
- (Hong Kong, slang, derogatory) police; pig
- 完咗跟大隊去狗屋 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2019,
- jyun4 zo2 gan1 daai6 deoi6 heoi3 gau2 uk1 [Jyutping]
- follow us to the dog house (=police headquarters) afterwards
完咗跟大队去狗屋 [Cantonese, simp.]- 撚狗行動 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2019,
- lan2 gau2 hang4 dung6 [Jyutping]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
撚狗行动 [Cantonese, simp.]
- (obsolete) cub; young bear or tiger
- a surname
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 犬 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 狗 | |
Taxonomic name | 犬 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 狗 |
Taiwan | 狗 | |
Tianjin | 狗 | |
Harbin | 狗 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 狗子, 狗 | |
Jinan | 狗 | |
Luoyang | 狗 | |
Wanrong | 狗 | |
Xi'an | 狗 | |
Dingbian | 狗 | |
Yinchuan | 狗 | |
Lanzhou | 狗 | |
Xining | 狗 | |
Ürümqi | 狗 | |
Yanqi | 狗 | |
Wuhan | 狗子, 狗狗 childish, 來富 dated | |
Chengdu | 狗 | |
Chongqing | 狗, 狗兒 | |
Guiyang | 狗 | |
Guilin | 狗 | |
Liuzhou | 狗, 三六 | |
Xuzhou | 狗 | |
Yangzhou | 狗, 狗子 | |
Nanjing | 狗 | |
Hefei | 狗 | |
Nantong | 狗子 | |
Malaysia | 狗 | |
Singapore | 狗 | |
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 狗 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 狗 |
Hong Kong | 狗, 㕵㕵 childish, 㕵㕵狗 childish | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 狗 | |
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 狗 | |
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 狗 | |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 狗 | |
Macau | 狗 | |
Guangzhou (Panyu) | 狗 | |
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 狗 | |
Guangzhou (Conghua) | 狗 | |
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 狗 | |
Foshan | 狗 | |
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 狗 | |
Foshan (Shunde) | 狗 | |
Foshan (Sanshui) | 狗 | |
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 狗 | |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 狗 | |
Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 狗 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 狗 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen) | 狗 | |
Jiangmen (Baisha) | 狗 | |
Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 狗 | |
Taishan | 狗 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 狗 | |
Enping (Niujiang) | 狗 | |
Heshan (Yayao) | 狗 | |
Dongguan | 狗 | |
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 狗 | |
Shaoguan | 狗 | |
Yunfu | 狗 | |
Yangjiang | 狗 | |
Xinyi | 狗 | |
Lianjiang | 狗 | |
Nanning | 狗 | |
Wuzhou | 狗 | |
Yulin | 狗 | |
Hepu (Lianzhou) | 狗 | |
Beihai | 狗 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 狗 | |
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 狗 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 狗 | |
Penang (Guangfu) | 狗 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 狗 | |
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 狗 | |
Móng Cái | 狗 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 狗 |
Lichuan | 狗 | |
Pingxiang | 狗 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 狗, 無角羊 |
Dabu (Gaobei) | 狗 | |
Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 狗 | |
Fengshun (Fengliang) | 狗 | |
Fengshun (Pantian) | 狗 | |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 狗 | |
Dongguan (Qingxi) | 狗 | |
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 狗 | |
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 狗 | |
Conghua (Lütian) | 狗 | |
Changting | 狗 | |
Yudu | 狗子 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 狗仔 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 狗仔 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 狗, 狗仔 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 狗 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 狗 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 狗 | |
Hong Kong | 狗 | |
Luchuan (Daqiao) | 狗 | |
Sabah (Longchuan) | 狗 | |
Senai (Huiyang) | 狗 | |
Kuching (Hepo) | 狗 | |
Singkawang | 狗 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 狗 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 狗兒, 狗 |
Xinzhou | 狗 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 狗仔, 狗 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 犬, 犬囝 |
Changle | 犬 | |
Fuqing | 犬 | |
Yongtai | 犬 | |
Gutian | 犬 | |
Fu'an | 犬 | |
Ningde | 犬 | |
Shouning | 犬 | |
Zhouning | 犬 | |
Fuding | 犬 | |
Matsu | 犬 | |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 狗 |
Quanzhou | 狗 | |
Zhangzhou | 狗 | |
Zhao'an | 狗 | |
Kaohsiung | 狗 | |
Yilan | 狗 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 狗 | |
Taichung | 狗 | |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 狗 | |
Tainan | 狗仔 | |
Taitung | 狗 | |
Hsinchu | 狗 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 狗 | |
Penang (Hokkien) | 狗 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 狗 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 狗 | |
Pingnan (Shangdu) | 狗 | |
Chaozhou | 狗 | |
Shantou | 狗 | |
Haifeng | 狗 | |
Bangkok (Teochew) | 狗 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 狗 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 狗 | |
Leizhou | 狗 | |
Wenchang | 狗 | |
Haikou | 狗 | |
Singapore (Hainanese) | 狗 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 狗 |
Xianyou | 狗 | |
Min Zhong | Yanping (Wangtai) | 狗 |
Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 狗 |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 狗, 地羊 dated, euphemistic, 三六 argot, 四打五 argot |
Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 狗 |
Shehua | Fu'an | 狗 |
Fuding | 狗 | |
Luoyuan | 狗 | |
Sanming | 狗 | |
Shunchang | 狗 | |
Hua'an | 狗 | |
Guixi (Zhangping) | 狗 | |
Cangnan | 狗 | |
Jingning | 狗 | |
Lishui | 狗 | |
Longyou | 狗 | |
Chaozhou | 狗 | |
Fengshun | 狗 | |
Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 犬 |
Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 犬 | |
Luxi (Baisha) | 犬 | |
Luxi (Liangjiatan) | 犬 | |
Luxi (Lijiatian) | 犬 | |
Chengbu (Xuntou) | 犬 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 狗, 汪汪狗 childish |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 狗 | |
Suzhou | 狗 | |
Danyang | 狗子 | |
Hangzhou | 狗 | |
Ningbo | 黃狗 | |
Wenzhou | 狗, 𡀿𡀿 childish | |
Jinhua | 狗 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 狗 |
Xiangxiang | 狗 | |
Loudi | 狗 | |
Shuangfeng | 狗 | |
Quanzhou | 狗 |
- (Hong Kong: police): 警犬 (jǐngquǎn)
Compounds
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Descendants
- → Vietnamese: cẩu (狗)
- Wutunhua: gek
See also
- (Chinese zodiac signs) 鼠 (shǔ), 牛 (niú), 虎 (hǔ), 兔 (tù), 龍/龙 (lóng), 蛇 (shé), 馬/马 (mǎ), 羊 (yáng), 猴 (hóu), 雞/鸡 (jī), 狗 (gǒu), 豬/猪 (zhū) (Category: zh:Chinese zodiac)
References
- “Entry #4345”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
- Peyraube, Alain. "Ancient Chinese." The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages. Ed. Roger D. Woodard. Cambridge UP, 2004. 1012.
Japanese
Kanji
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- puppy, dog
- a sentinel
- a snoop or spy
- useless, wasteful
Readings
- Go-on: く (ku)
- Kan-on: こう (kō)
- Kun: いぬ (inu, 狗)
Compounds
- 狗鷲 (inuwashi): golden eagle
- 狗肉 (kuniku): dog meat
- 狗吠 (kuhai): dog's barking, or the voice thereof
- 天狗 (tengu): long-nosed goblin; braggart
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狗 |
いぬ Hyōgaiji |
kun’yomi |
Noun
狗 • (inu) (counter 匹)
- Alternative spelling of 犬
Korean
Hanja
狗 (eumhun 개 구 (gae gu))
- Hanja form? of 구 (“dog”).
Vietnamese
Han character
狗: Hán Việt readings: cẩu (
狗: Nôm readings: cẩu[1][3][5]
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Compounds
- 海狗 (hải cẩu)
References
- Nguyễn et al. (2009).
- Trần (2004).
- Bonet (1899).
- Génibrel (1898).
- Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).