犬 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 犬意味

dog

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犬 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

いぬ inu
いぬ- inu-

KUNYOMI　訓読み

ケン ken

Examples

彼女は吠える犬を怖がる。

She is afraid of barking dogs.

気をつけて。警察の犬がかぎ回ってる。

Watch out! A police spy is snooping around.

私は犬が恐い。

I am afraid of dogs.

私の犬は白い。

My dog is white.

特に犬が好きだ。

He loves dogs above all.

私の犬達は白い。

My dogs are white.

犬は鼻が敏感だ。

A dog is sensitive to smell.

私は犬に肉をやる。

I feed meat to my dog.

今朝犬に餌やった？

Did you feed the dog this morning?

犬を中に入れるな。

Keep the dog out.

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今 now

来 come, due, next, cause, become

入 enter, insert

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