shǐ

pig

Pictograph of a pig.

Evolution

豕 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
豕 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
豕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
豕 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
豕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shǐ

a pig, boar; KangXi radical 152; hog; swine

Most common words with 豕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

hog

狼奔豕突

the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom); crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts

Component uses

Meaning component in 8 characters (3 verified)

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

Iconic component in 6 characters (5 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥ajʔ

syeX

shǐ

swine


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4953rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+8C55

Shuowen

“豕,彘也,竭其尾,故謂之豕,象毛足而後有尾,讀與豨同。按:今世字誤以豕為彘,以彘為豕,何以明之?為口豕从豕,蟸从彘,皆取其聲,以是明之。,古文。”


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