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Boar Pig in Chinese / Japanese...
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Boar / Pig
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.
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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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
猪 see styles |
zhū / zhu1 chu inoshishi(p);inoshishi / いのしし(P);イノシシ |
 More info & calligraphy: A hog, pig. |
豬 猪 see styles |
zhū / zhu1 chu cho / い |
 More info & calligraphy: (archaism) hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig) boar |
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) |
豭 see styles |
jiā / jia1 chia |
boar; male pig |
亥年 see styles |
idoshi / いどし | year of the Boar (e.g. 2007, 2019, 2031); year of the Pig; (place-name) Inotoshi |
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 |
種豚 see styles |
shuton;tanebuta / しゅとん;たねぶた | (1) sire pig; boar; (2) brood sow |
猪の子 see styles |
inoko / いのこ | (1) (archaism) wild boar; (2) infant wild boar; (3) pig; (female given name) Inoko |
イノブタ see styles |
inobuta / イノブタ | (kana only) wild boar and domestic pig hybrid |
猪;豬;豕 see styles |
i / い | (archaism) hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig) |
猪の子;猪子;豕 see styles |
inoko / いのこ | (1) (archaism) (See 猪・いのしし) wild boar; (2) infant wild boar; (3) (See 豚・1) pig |
猪年;いのしし年;イノシシ年 see styles |
inoshishidoshi(猪年,inoshishi年);inoshishidoshi(inoshishi年) / いのししどし(猪年,いのしし年);イノシシどし(イノシシ年) | (See 亥年) year of the Boar; year of the Pig |
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