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IDENTITY

gǒudog

HSK 1Top 700

CORE MEANING

dog

Part of speech
noun
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.dogHSK1

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
animal radical (quǎn)
strokes
8
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰犭句
    • animal
    • gives the sound gǒu (historical)

USAGE

Common words

小狗xiǎogǒupuppy
热狗règǒuhot dog

Graded examples

  • 他每天遛狗。Tā měitiān liù gǒu.HSK3

    He walks his dog every day.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

The animal (犭) that curls up (句) — the dog.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#700
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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