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Wild A Wild Boar

HSK 10
キョ、ゴ
やめない
Phonosemantic compound. 豕 represents the meaning and 虍 represents the sound.
Components
tiger (top)+ boar =
Wild A Wild Boar
Phonetic component
tiger (top)
tiger
虍 is a component form of 虎.
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Meaning component
shǐ boar
a pig, boar
Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[qú]
a wild boar; to fight
Example Sentences