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狗 gǒu — “dog”

How to write and say the Chinese character 狗 (gǒu), which means dog — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Animals.

Stroke order笔顺

狗 is written with 8 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

犭 (dog) hints at the meaning, and 句 lends its sound — together they make 狗.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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