《说文解字》,东汉许慎著,是中国文字学史上第一部系统完备的字书。对《说文》中“犬”部字的研究,前人大都关注于“犬”文化。本文试从犬部字释义方法、释形方法、释音方法等几个方面对“犬”部字进行客观描述,意在对“犬”部字进行全面、细致的刻画,使读者对“犬”部字有更清晰的认识。 “Explain Word,” Xu Shen in the Eastern Han Dynasty, is the history of Chinese literary history of the first complete system of books. The research on the word “dog” in Shuo Wen mostly focuses on the culture of dog. This article tries to describe objectively “dog” from several aspects, such as the dog’s word interpretation method, the method of interpretation and the method of release, which aims to make a comprehensive and meticulous portrayal of the word “dog” The reader has a clearer understanding of the word “dog”.