Definitions
suckling pig
Etymology
Depicts the meat (⺼) from a fat pig (豕).
About
The character 豚, meaning pig, has an etymology that is directly reflected in its composition, combining the radical 豕, which itself signifies a pig, with the component 月, a common corruption of the character for meat (肉). This structural formation originally denoted a small pig, specifically a suckling piglet, highlighting its role as a young animal raised for meat. Over centuries, its general meaning broadened to encompass the domestic pig as a whole, while in culinary contexts it retains a specific association with pork as a food product, a semantic focus anticipated by its meat-centric construction.
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海豚是聪明的动物。
我们看了海豚表演。
河豚有毒要小心。
这家店的豚骨拉面很好吃。
超市里卖新鲜的豚肉。
海豚在海洋里游得很快。
河豚的毒素可能致命，所以厨师需要特殊培训。
由于过度捕捞，一些河豚物种濒临灭绝。