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豬
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猪
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pig

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Mammals
zhū
チョ
い、いのしし
저
Phonosemantic compound. 豕 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (豬)
豕 boar+ 者 person =
豬 pig
豕 Meaning component
shǐ boar
a pig, boar
者 Phonetic component
zhě person
that which
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Simplified (猪)
犭 dog (side)+ 者 person =
猪 pig
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog (side)
dog
犭 is a component form of 犬.
者 Phonetic component
zhě person
that which
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Notes
Similar Characters
甤 drooping圂 pig-sty豢 domestic animals豦 Wild A Wild Boar豩 豪 unrestrained豭 boar豱 彖 a hog彘 swine敢 brave豖 a shackled pig豚 small pig逐 pursue书 letter (simp)啫 interjection of warning堵 stop up奢 extravagant屠 slaughter暑 summer heat
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
豬
Regular
Modern
Chinese
猪 / 豬 [zhū]
hog; pig; swine; CL:口[kǒu],頭|头[tóu]
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (64)
猪肉 [zhū​ròu] #6,779
pork
猪头 [zhū​tóu] #6,758
pig head
野猪 [yě​zhū] #12,327
wild boar (Sus scrofa)
猪排 [zhū​pái] #12,074
pork ribs
仔猪 [zǐ​zhū] #15,717
piglet
猪油 [zhū​yóu] #19,697
lard
猪圈 [zhū​juàn] #22,109
pigsty (lit. and fig.)
猪蹄 [zhū​tí] #33,304
pig trotters
猪八戒 [Zhū​Bā​jiè] #24,318
Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake
猪场 [zhū​chǎng] #26,900
piggery
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