Chinese Character 猪 Meanings and components.

Form

猪

Meaning

猪 meaning[3] in English

Hog.

Pig.

Swine.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 猪 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and (after a verb … (者)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with KHJKA

How to write 猪

To write猪zhu1hog you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 者zhe3(after a … arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 者 = 猪

猪 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 猪 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 猪, looks as follow:

猪
Pinyin:zhu1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Hog . Pig . Swine . Cl:口[Kou3],頭|头[Tou2]
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
者
Pinyin:zhe3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (After A Verb Or Adjective) One Who (Is) ... . (After A Noun) Person Involved In ... . -Er . -Ist . (Used After A Number Or 後|后[Hou4] Or 前[Qian2] To Refer To Sth Mentioned Previously) . (Used After A Term, To Mark A Pause Before Defining The Term) . (Old) (Used At The End Of A Command) . (Old) This
耂
Pinyin:lao3
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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