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狗 character · TOCFL 1 (est.)
狗 ＝ 犬 ＋ 句
ㄍㄡˇ · gǒu
noun — dog

字源 FORM — what the parts do

犬義a dog (the 犭 radical — a dog standing)
句聲gōu — gives the sounda mouth 口 hooked by a curl — to hook, bend
Tgōu → gǒu — same sound, tone shifted
The dog radical (犭, from 犬) marks the animal; 句 carries the sound, gōu worn to gǒu — a small dog as against the broader 犬. 句 is the hooking, bending element you also meet in 拘、苟. From the animal: 小狗、狗叫、熱狗.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

犬（犭）旁站著，叫聲句句（句）——狗。
A dog (犭) stands by, barking call after call (句) — a dog.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)狗、小狗— dog常用
→熱狗— (in compounds — hot dog, etc.)常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
犬quǎnthe bare radical — 犬 is the dog itself with an extra stroke; 狗 adds 句 for sound句jùthe sound-giver — 句 (a phrase) lends 狗 its reading