Radicals › #94 犬
犬
犬 — the “dog” radical
the left-side 犭 — animals/beasts 17 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 犬 radical (17)
状status quo, conditions独single, alone献offering, counter for drinks犯crime, sin獲seize, get猛fierce, rave犬dog狭cramped, narrow狂lunatic, insane獄prison, jail猪boar猫cat獣animal, beast猿monkey狩hunt, raid猶furthermore, still猟game-hunting, shooting
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.