Mnemonic comic for 犬

Translation

quǎn = qu + an3: dog / Kangxi radical 94

Mnemonic

Cupid (qu) wants to play fetch with the Saint Bernard dog (犬) in the anthill's living room (an3) and throws a petal (丶) over his head, but the dog just continues sleeping. Much to Cupid's surprise though, a big robot (大) happily leaps after the petal.

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犬 character breakdown

犬
- 丶
- 大
  - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

Add a new mnemonic for 丶 =

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

Add a new mnemonic for 大 = 一 + 人

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)