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Year of the Pig / Zodiac Sign
豬 is the character for boar, pig, or swine in Chinese and old Korean.
If you were born in the year of the boar/year of the pig, you...
Are optimistic.
Have good luck with wealth and money.
Are honest, generous, and warm-hearted.
The character shown to the right is the Japanese Kanji for "wild boar."
it’s
an alternate/simplified form of pig/boar in Chinese (can be read by both Chinese and Japanese people). Click on that character instead of the button above if you want this version.
See also our Chinese Zodiac page.
These search terms might be related to Boar:
Boar / Pig
Earth Pig/Boar
Fire Pig/Boar
Golden/Metal Pig/Boar
Water Pig/Boar
Wood Pig/Boar
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your boar search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
亥 see styles |
hài hai4 hai i い |
12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar; ancient Chinese compass point: 330° (1) the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; (2) (obsolete) (See 亥の刻) hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); (3) (obsolete) north-northwest; (4) (obsolete) tenth month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Gai |
豕 see styles |
shǐ shi3 shih buta ぶた inoko いのこ i い |
hog; swine (1) pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); (2) (derogatory term) fat person; (1) (archaism) wild boar; (2) infant wild boar; (3) pig; (archaism) hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig) |
玄猪 see styles |
gencho げんちょ |
(1) (See 亥の子) day of the boar in the tenth month; (2) mochi eaten on the day of the boar (esp. at the time of the boar) |
豬 猪 see styles |
zhū zhu1 chu cho い |
More info & calligraphy: Boar / Pig(archaism) hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig) boar |
猪子 see styles |
choshi ちょし |
(1) (archaism) wild boar; (2) infant wild boar; (3) pig; (surname) Choshi |
猪豚 see styles |
inobuta; inobuta いのぶた; イノブタ |
(kana only) wild boar and domestic pig hybrid; boar-pig hybrid |
猪鍋 see styles |
inoshishinabe いのししなべ |
(food term) boar meat hot pot; boar stew |
獣鍋 see styles |
shishinabe ししなべ |
(food term) boar meat hot pot; boar stew |
しし鍋 see styles |
shishinabe ししなべ |
(food term) boar meat hot pot; boar stew |
亥の子 see styles |
inoko いのこ |
(See 亥の子の祝) day of the Boar in the month of the Boar (the 10th month in the lunar calendar); (female given name) Inoko |
牡丹鍋 see styles |
botannabe ぼたんなべ |
(food term) boar meat hot pot; boar stew |
猪の子 see styles |
inoko いのこ |
(1) (archaism) wild boar; (2) infant wild boar; (3) pig; (female given name) Inoko |
ぼたん鍋 see styles |
botannabe ぼたんなべ |
(food term) boar meat hot pot; boar stew |
Variations: |
shishi しし |
(1) (archaism) beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer); (2) (abbreviation) (See 獣狩り) hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.) |
Variations: |
botannabe ぼたんなべ |
{food} boar meat hot pot; boar stew |
Variations: |
inoko いのこ |
(1) (archaism) (See 猪・いのしし) wild boar; (2) infant wild boar; (3) (See 豚・1) pig |
Variations: |
shishinabe; inoshishinabe(猪鍋) ししなべ; いのししなべ(猪鍋) |
{food} (See 牡丹鍋) boar meat hot pot; boar stew |
猪 see styles |
zhū zhu1 chu inoshishi(p); inoshishi いのしし(P); イノシシ |
More info & calligraphy: Boar / PigA hog, pig. |
豦 see styles |
qú qu2 ch`ü chü |
a wild boar; to fight |
豭 see styles |
jiā jia1 chia |
boar; male pig |
丁亥 see styles |
dīng hài ding1 hai4 ting hai teigai; hinotoi / tegai; hinotoi ていがい; ひのとい |
twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067 (See 干支・1) Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067) |
乙亥 see styles |
yǐ hài yi3 hai4 i hai kinotoi; itsugai; otsugai きのとい; いつがい; おつがい |
twelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055 (See 干支・1) Wood Boar (12th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1935, 1995, 2055) |
亥年 see styles |
idoshi いどし |
year of the Boar; year of the Pig; (place-name) Inotoshi |
亥豬 亥猪 see styles |
hài zhū hai4 zhu1 hai chu |
Year 12, year of the Boar (e.g. 2007) |
公豬 公猪 see styles |
gōng zhū gong1 zhu1 kung chu |
boar |
山鯨 see styles |
yamakujira やまくじら |
(from when eating animal meat was considered taboo (pre-Meiji)) wild boar meat; mountain whale |
己亥 see styles |
jǐ hài ji3 hai4 chi hai tsuchinotoi; kigai つちのとい; きがい |
thirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019 (See 干支・1) Earth Boar (36th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079) |
牡丹 see styles |
mǔ dan mu3 dan5 mu tan botan; boutan; botan / botan; botan; botan ぼたん; ぼうたん; ボタン |
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) (1) (kana only) tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; (2) (ぼたん only) wild boar (meat); (p,s,f) Botan |
猪狩 see styles |
shishikari ししかり |
hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.); (surname) Shishikari |
獣狩 see styles |
shishigari ししがり |
hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Boar Pig | 豬 猪 | inoshishi | zhū / zhu1 / zhu | chu |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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