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small pig

HSK 10 N1
dùn, tún
トン
ぶた
Depicts the meat (⺼) from a small pig (豕).
Components
meat (side)+ boar =
small pig
Iconic component
ròu meat (side)
meat
⺼ is a component form of 肉.
Iconic component
shǐ boar
a pig, boar
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[tún]
suckling pig
Japanese
とん 同音
n-prefnoun pig; pork
(rare) ぶた ブタ 同音

noun

  1. pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)
  2. pork
  3. derogatory fatso; fatty
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