Kanji

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: puppy, dog

Kunyomi: いぬ

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: dog

Examples

Onyomi Examples

子仏性 クシブッショウ the Mu koan ("does a dog have Buddha nature?")

クト dog slaughter, killing of dogs, dog butcher

ソウク hound, hunting dog, running dog, dupe, tool of another person, cat's-paw

狡兎良 コウトリョウク When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off

Kunyomi Examples

いぬ dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris), squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy, loser, asshole, counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful

犬鷲 いぬわし golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

喪家の そうかのいぬ feeling lost like a stray dog