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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 Swine:
Animal Kingdom
Beast / Animal
Boar / Pig
Cookie Monster
Earth Pig/Boar
Earth Rat
Fire Pig/Boar
Fire Rat
Firefly / Glow Worm
Golden/Metal Pig/Boar
Golden/Metal Rat
Rat / Mouse
Viper
Water Pig/Boar
Water Rat
Wood Pig/Boar
Wood Rat
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your swine search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
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 |
彘 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih |
swine |
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) |
豨 see styles |
xī xi1 hsi |
swine |
蠢豬 蠢猪 see styles |
chǔn zhū chun3 zhu1 ch`un chu chun chu |
stupid swine; idiot |
謬種 谬种 see styles |
miù zhǒng miu4 zhong3 miu chung |
error; fallacy; misconception; scoundrel; You swine! |
豚熱 see styles |
butanetsu ぶたねつ |
(See 豚コレラ) hog cholera; swine fever |
豬瘟 猪瘟 see styles |
zhū wēn zhu1 wen1 chu wen |
swine fever |
藍耳病 蓝耳病 see styles |
lán ěr bìng lan2 er3 bing4 lan erh ping |
porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS); blue-ear swine fever |
豚フル see styles |
butafuru ぶたフル |
(abbreviation) (See 豚インフルエンザ・ぶたインフルエンザ) swine flu; swine influenza |
豚丹毒 see styles |
tontandoku とんたんどく |
{med} swine erysipelas |
豬流感 猪流感 see styles |
zhū liú gǎn zhu1 liu2 gan3 chu liu kan |
swine influenza; swine flu; influenza A (H1N1) |
對牛彈琴 对牛弹琴 see styles |
duì niú tán qín dui4 niu2 tan2 qin2 tui niu t`an ch`in tui niu tan chin |
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears; to talk over sb's head |
巴克夏豬 巴克夏猪 see styles |
bā kè xià zhū ba1 ke4 xia4 zhu1 pa k`o hsia chu pa ko hsia chu |
Berkshire pig; Berkshire swine |
明珠暗投 see styles |
míng zhū àn tóu ming2 zhu1 an4 tou2 ming chu an t`ou ming chu an tou |
to cast pearls before swine (idiom); not to get proper recognition for one's talents |
猫に小判 see styles |
nekonikoban ねこにこばん |
(expression) (idiom) pearls cast before swine; great waste |
豚コレラ see styles |
tonkorera; butakorera とんコレラ; ぶたコレラ |
hog cholera; swine fever |
豚に真珠 see styles |
butanishinju ぶたにしんじゅ |
(expression) (idiom) (See 猫に小判) casting pearls before swine |
豬水泡病 猪水泡病 see styles |
zhū shuǐ pào bìng zhu1 shui3 pao4 bing4 chu shui p`ao ping chu shui pao ping |
swine vesicular disease (SVD) |
鼎鐺玉石 鼎铛玉石 see styles |
dǐng chēng yù shí ding3 cheng1 yu4 shi2 ting ch`eng yü shih ting cheng yü shih |
lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material; casting pearls before swine |
豬流感病毒 猪流感病毒 see styles |
zhū liú gǎn bìng dú zhu1 liu2 gan3 bing4 du2 chu liu kan ping tu |
swine influenza virus (SIV) |
豬鏈球菌病 猪链球菌病 see styles |
zhū liàn qiú jun bìng zhu1 lian4 qiu2 jun1 bing4 chu lien ch`iu chün ping chu lien chiu chün ping |
streptococcus suis (swine-borne disease) |
宝の持ち腐れ see styles |
takaranomochigusare たからのもちぐされ |
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent |
アフリカ豚コレラ see styles |
afurikatonkorera; afurikabutakorera アフリカとんコレラ; アフリカぶたコレラ |
African swine fever; AFS |
豚インフルエンザ see styles |
butainfuruenza ぶたインフルエンザ |
swine influenza |
Variations: |
nekonikoban(猫ni小判); nekonikoban(nekoni小判) ねこにこばん(猫に小判); ネコにこばん(ネコに小判) |
(expression) (idiom) (See 豚に真珠) casting pearls before swine; (giving) a gold coin to a cat |
Variations: |
takaranomochigusare たからのもちぐされ |
(exp,n) (idiom) pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent |
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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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
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We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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