豕

Alternative forms

There are typographical differences in this character in different fonts – in Japanese printing, the last two strokes may connect to the top stroke, as in right of 衣, while in handwriting and many other fonts, those strokes connect to the central curving stroke.

Depending on the font, the character 家 (Japanese)/家 (Traditional Chinese) may also have either of these variations.

Han character

豕 (radical 152 豕+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一尸竹人 (MSHO), four-corner 1023₂, composition ⿱一𧰨)

1. Kangxi radical #152, ⾗.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 豕
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a pig. Compare 亥.

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Mon-Khmer *liik (“pig”) (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Mon ကၠိက် (“pig”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

豕

1. ^† pig; boar

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Hanja

豕 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si, Yale si)

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Han character

豕 (thỉ)

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