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1. 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 Year of the Wood Pig/Boar
The Year of the Fire Pig/Boar
The Year of the Earth Pig/Boar
The Year of the Golden/Metal Pig/Boar
The Year of the Water Pig/Boar
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 猪 search...
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: 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 |
土豬 土猪 see styles |
tǔ zhū tu3 zhu1 t`u chu tu chu |
More info & calligraphy: Earth Pig/Boar |
上猪 see styles |
kamii / kami かみい |
(place-name) Kamii |
中猪 see styles |
nakai なかい |
(place-name, surname) Nakai |
九猪 see styles |
kui くい |
(surname) Kui |
乳豬 乳猪 see styles |
rǔ zhū ru3 zhu1 ju chu |
suckling pig |
亥豬 亥猪 see styles |
hài zhū hai4 zhu1 hai chu |
Year 12, year of the Boar (e.g. 2007) |
仔豬 仔猪 see styles |
zǐ zhū zi3 zhu1 tzu chu |
piglet |
公豬 公猪 see styles |
gōng zhū gong1 zhu1 kung chu |
boar |
大猪 see styles |
otsui おつい |
(place-name) Otsui |
子豬 子猪 see styles |
zǐ zhū zi3 zhu1 tzu chu |
variant of 仔豬|仔猪[zi3 zhu1] |
寅猪 see styles |
torai とらい |
(given name) Torai |
常猪 see styles |
tsunei / tsune つねい |
(given name) Tsunei |
得猪 see styles |
tokui とくい |
(surname) Tokui |
恒猪 see styles |
tsunei / tsune つねい |
(personal name) Tsunei |
松猪 see styles |
matsui まつい |
(surname) Matsui |
森猪 see styles |
moriinoshishi; moriinoshishi / morinoshishi; morinoshishi もりいのしし; モリイノシシ |
(kana only) giant forest hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni) |
歐豬 欧猪 see styles |
ōu zhū ou1 zhu1 ou chu |
(economics) (derog.) PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain); PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) |
正猪 see styles |
masao まさお |
(given name) Masao |
毛豬 毛猪 see styles |
máo zhū mao2 zhu1 mao chu |
live pig |
江豬 江猪 see styles |
jiāng zhū jiang1 zhu1 chiang chu |
Chinese river dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer |
池猪 see styles |
ikei / ike いけい |
(surname) Ikei |
河猪 see styles |
kawainoshishi かわいのしし |
bush pig |
猛猪 see styles |
takei / take たけい |
(given name) Takei |
猪一 see styles |
iichi / ichi いいち |
(given name) Iichi |
猪丈 see styles |
itake いたけ |
(surname) Itake |
猪三 see styles |
izou / izo いぞう |
(given name) Izou |
猪上 see styles |
inogami いのがみ |
(surname) Inogami |
猪下 see styles |
inomoto いのもと |
(surname) Inomoto |
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 |
Wood Pig/Boar | 木豬 木猪 | mù zhū / mu4 zhu1 / mu zhu / muzhu | mu chu / muchu | |
Fire Pig/Boar | 火豬 火猪 | huǒ zhū / huo3 zhu1 / huo zhu / huozhu | huo chu / huochu | |
Earth Pig/Boar | 土豬 土猪 | tǔ zhū / tu3 zhu1 / tu zhu / tuzhu | t`u chu / tuchu / tu chu | |
Golden/Metal Pig/Boar | 金豬 金猪 | jīn zhū / jin1 zhu1 / jin zhu / jinzhu | chin chu / chinchu | |
Water Pig/Boar | 水豬 水猪 | shuǐ zhū / shui3 zhu1 / shui zhu / shuizhu | shui chu / shuichu | |
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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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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