猪 (zhū) — pig | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pig

Measure word · 口, 头

Easily confused

猪。
Tā yǎng le shí tóu zhū.
He raises ten pigs.
猪，。
Nà tóu zhū hěn pàng, pǎo bú dòng.
That pig is very fat and can't run fast.
猪，。
Zhè tóu zhū shì hēi de, nà tóu shì bái de.
This pig is black, that one is white.

Sound + meaning

六书liùshū

形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

犭者猪

Meaning part形符xíngfú

犭Written in full as犬quǎndog

Sound part声符shēngfú

者

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

猪 combines 犭, a dog sign, with 者 as a sound part.

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