犬

Dog

いぬ (inu)

JLPT N4

Interesting Fact

🚉Every evening, a dog named Hachikō waited outside Tokyo's Shibuya Station for his owner to return from work. Even after his owner passed away, Hachikō continued waiting at the same spot every day for nearly ten years. His extraordinary loyalty touched the nation, and today a bronze statue stands at the station, making him one of Japan's most beloved symbols of devotion..

Memory Trick

🐕 The kanji looks just like 大 (big), but with one extra dot. Imagine that tiny dot as a dog's wagging tail. Add a tail to a big figure, and it instantly becomes a happy dog—犬.