zhū

pig

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
豕 meaning component

  Meaning component

shǐ

  

pig

者 sound component

  Sound component

zhě

  

one who...

Evolution

豬 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
豬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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zhū

pig, hog; hog; pig; swine; CL:[kǒu],|[tóu]

Most common words with 豬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

hog

猪肉

pork

猪头

pig head

野猪

wild boar (Sus scrofa)

猪排

pork ribs

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tra

trjo

zhū

pig


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 20.3588% of movies

1261st most common character in movies

1762nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

Unicode

U+8C6C

Shuowen

“豬,豕而三毛叢居者。从豕,者聲。”


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