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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.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Pig search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
猪 see styles |
zhū zhu1 chu shishi しし |
More info & calligraphy: Boar / PigA hog, pig. |
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 |
ヒック see styles |
piggu ピッグ |
pig; (personal name) Pigwidgeon |
亥 see styles |
hài hai4 hai gai がい |
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 |
彐 see styles |
jì ji4 chi |
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58) |
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) |
豖 see styles |
chù chu4 ch`u chu |
a shackled pig |
豚 see styles |
tún tun2 t`un tun ton とん |
suckling pig (n-pref,n) pig; pork |
豜 see styles |
jiān jian1 chien |
fully grown pig; 3-year old pig |
豝 see styles |
bā ba1 pa |
corned beef; female pig; sow |
豭 see styles |
jiā jia1 chia |
boar; male pig |
豱 see styles |
wēn wen1 wen |
short-headed pig |
豵 see styles |
zōng zong1 tsung |
litter of pigs; little pig |
豶 豮 see styles |
fén fen2 fen |
gelded pig |
蹄 see styles |
tí ti2 t`i ti hizume ひづめ |
hoof; pig's trotters hoof; (surname) Hizume |
銑 铣 see styles |
xiǎn xian3 hsien sen せん |
shining metal; (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 銑鉄) pig iron; (given name) Sen |
魑 see styles |
chī chi1 ch`ih chih chi |
used in 魑魅[chi1 mei4] A mountain demon resembling a tiger; 魅 is a demon of marshes having the head of a pig and body of a man. The two words are used together indicating evil spirits. |
かつ see styles |
katsu カツ |
{food} (perhaps from the English word "gut") stomach (esp. a pig's stomach or a cow's rumen); pork stomach; (female given name) Katsu; (place-name) Catu |
三牲 see styles |
sān shēng san1 sheng1 san sheng |
the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish) |
乳豬 乳猪 see styles |
rǔ zhū ru3 zhu1 ju chu |
suckling pig |
亥年 see styles |
inotoshi いのとし |
year of the Boar; year of the Pig; (place-name) Inotoshi |
人柱 see styles |
hitobashira; jinchuu(sk) / hitobashira; jinchu(sk) ひとばしら; じんちゅう(sk) |
(1) person who died for a cause; (2) (colloquialism) (also read じんちゅう) guinea pig (for a new product or service); test subject; sacrificial lamb; early adopter; (3) (hist) hitobashira; ritual human sacrifice by burying a living person under or near a large-scale construction project to invoke divine protection |
佩奇 see styles |
pèi qí pei4 qi2 p`ei ch`i pei chi |
Peppa, from Peppa Pig cartoon |
儒艮 see styles |
rú gèn ru2 gen4 ju ken jugon じゅごん |
dugong (ateji / phonetic) (kana only) dugong (Dugong dugon); sea pig |
儒良 see styles |
jugon じゅごん |
(ateji / phonetic) (irregular kanji usage) (kana only) dugong (Dugong dugon); sea pig |
六畜 see styles |
liù chù liu4 chu4 liu ch`u liu chu rokuchiku |
six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog The six animals likened to the six organs 六根, v. 六衆生. |
囊揣 see styles |
nāng chuài nang1 chuai4 nang ch`uai nang chuai |
soft, fat meat of pig's belly; sow's sagging teats; weakling; flabby person; also written 囊膪 |
囊膪 see styles |
nāng chuài nang1 chuai4 nang ch`uai nang chuai |
soft, fat meat of pig's belly; sow's sagging teats; weakling; flabby person; also written 囊揣 |
圍場 围场 see styles |
wéi chǎng wei2 chang3 wei ch`ang wei chang |
enclosure; pig pen; hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times) |
大吃 see styles |
dà chī da4 chi1 ta ch`ih ta chih |
to gorge oneself; to pig out |
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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