反犬旁[fǎn quǎn páng]表示动物,第一笔是撇,来源于草书写法,凡是有一横一点的起笔,在草书中大多用一撇带过,故此将犬写成草书便类似于反犬旁。
Chinese characters with Radical of Dog related to animals. The first stroke is a scribble, derived from cursive writing. Anything with a horizontal stroke is mostly used in cursive script. Therefore, writing a dog in cursive is similar to writing a dog in cursive. .