狗

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dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

犭 meaning “dog” + 句 sound ( jù )

Components 犭句

dog · Heisig RSH #251

pack of wild dogs + 句 sentence

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
电子狗	diàn zǐ gǒu	radar detector (slang)
巴儿狗	bā r gǒu	see 哈巴狗[ha3 ba1 gou3]
关门打狗	guān mén dǎ gǒu	lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom); fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, …
肉包子打狗	ròu bāo zi dǎ gǒu	lit. to fling a meat bun at a dog (idiom); fig. to flush (one's money or efforts) down the…
打落水狗	dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu	lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom); fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy; to hit…
狗东西	gǒu dōng xi	scumbag; scoundrel
狗头军师	gǒu tóu jūn shī	(derog.) inept advisor; a good-for-nothing adviser; one who offers bad advice
狗尾巴草	gǒu wěi ba cǎo	see 狗尾草[gou3 wei3 cao3]
狗子	gǒu zi	(coll.) dog
金毛狗	jīn máo gǒu	golden retriever (dog breed); Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy frond…
小狗	xiǎo gǒu	pup; puppy
海狗	hǎi gǒu	fur seal
单身狗	dān shēn gǒu	(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatin…
狗门	gǒu mén	dog door; dog flap
打狗	Dǎ gǒu	Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung 高雄[Gao1 xiong2] in the southwest of Taiwan
狗日	gǒu rì	lit. fucked or spawned by a dog; contemptible; lousy, fucking
哈巴狗	hǎ bā gǒu	pekingese (dog); (fig.) sycophant; lackey
沙皮狗	shā pí gǒu	Chinese shar-pei (dog breed)
狗尾草	gǒu wěi cǎo	green foxtail (Setaria viridis)
狗眼看人低	gǒu yǎn kàn rén dī	to act like a snob

Characters sharing the sound component 句 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
句 sound part	jù	sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph; stanza
鸲	qú	mynah; Erithacus species (various)
拘	jū	to detain, to restrain, to seize
苟	gǒu	careless, frivolous, illicit; but, if only
够	gòu	enough, adequate; to reach, to attain; to pass muster
枸	gōu	a kind of aspen found in Sichuan
驹	jū	colt; fleet, swift; surname
朐	qú	warm
昫	xù	warm
鼩	qú	shrew
劬	qú	diligent; to toil, to endeavor
岣	gǒu	a hill in Hunan
笱	gǒu	a basket trap for fish