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忠犬ハチ公

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 忠犬ハチ公.

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Entry

忠犬ハチ公ちゅうけんハチこうNounFreq #101608
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Historical term

faithful dog Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness

8 strokesFrequency 1,113JLPT N1Grade 6

On

チュウ

Nanori

きよしたたただただしなお

dog

4 strokesFrequency 1,326JLPT N3Grade 1

On

ケン

Kun

いぬいぬ-

public, prince, official, governmental

4 strokesFrequency 118JLPT N2Grade 2

On

コウ

Kun

おおやけ

Nanori

あきらきみきんたかただしともひろまさ

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