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猪

猪 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. いのしし、のぶた、ぶた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「犬」+音符「者」。「いのしし」を意味する漢語｛猪｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

boar

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チョ
Kun (native)
  • い
  • いのしし
Nanori (used in names)
  • いの
Other languages
  • 拼音zhu1
  • 한글jeo
  • Hán-ViệtTrư

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
犬(いぬ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+732A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰犭者

Words using this kanji

  • 猪いのしし（い、いのしし）主に野生である中型の哺乳類。豚の原種。wild boar, wild pig
  • 猪口ちょこsake cup, small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
  • 猪い（い、いのしし）主に野生である中型の哺乳類。豚の原種。hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig)
  • 猪首いくびbull neck
  • 猪突ちょとつ猪が勢いよく前進するように突進すること。recklessness, foolhardiness
  • 猪勇ちょゆうreckless courage, foolhardiness, temerity
  • 猪苓ちょれいumbrella polypore sclerotium (used as a diuretic, antipyretic, and antitussive in traditional Chinese medicine)
  • 猪豚いのぶたwild boar and domestic pig hybrid, boar-pig hybrid
  • 猪鍋ししなべboar meat hot pot, boar stew
  • 猪口いぐちbolete
  • 猪年いのししどしyear of the Boar, year of the Pig
  • 猪目いのめheart symbol (to ward off evil spirits)
  • 猪口才ちょこざいちょっとした才知があり小賢しいこと。また、そのようなさまや人。impertinent, impudent, saucy, cheeky
  • 猪武者いのししむしゃ猪突猛進するだけの武者。 ただ、がむしゃらにやるだけの人。daredevil, foolhardy warrior, hotspur
  • 猪の子いのこwild boar, infant wild boar, pig
  • 猪独活ししうどpubescent angelica (Angelica pubescens)
  • 猪牙舟ちょきぶねsmall, roofless boat used as a river taxi (Edo period)
  • 猪鹿蝶いのしかちょう花札（花合わせ）の役の一つ。「萩に猪」「紅葉に鹿」「牡丹に蝶」をそろえた役。the boar, deer and butterfly cards (high-scoring meld), inoshikacho (type of hanafuda gambling game)
  • 猪突猛進ちょとつもうしん向こう見ずに突き進むこと。headlong rush, rushing recklessly
  • 猪苓舞茸ちょれいまいたけumbrella polypore (Polyporus umbellatus)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
4426.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3g8.1
Heisig
1352
Nelson
2889