Definitions
hog; swine
Etymology
Pictograph of a pig.
About
The character 豕 is a foundational pictograph depicting a pig, showing its side profile with a snout, bristles, four legs, and tail. It functions both as an independent character and as a core semantic radical. While it remains the classical noun for swine, modern Chinese typically uses other terms in everyday speech. Its primary role is as a component in compound characters, where it conveys meanings related to livestock, domestic animals, or early agricultural life, as seen in the character for "home" or "family".
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