Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

猪: boar

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

⺨ carries the meaning · 者 is drawn in

11 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

チョcho · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 猪口ちょこsake cup

いi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 猪首いくびbull neck

いのししinoshishi · kun'yomi

  • 猪いのししwild boar; wild pig

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Watch the wild beast stalking through the brush! These three quick strokes capture the energy of a four-legged animal on the prowl.”
More in the 犭 beast story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⺨

Also built on beast (⺨)

All 13
者

Also built on someone (者)

Also read チョ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
猪 boar · ⺨
vs都 metropolis · ⻏
猪 has ⺨ where 都 has ⻏.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhū

Same form: 猪 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
猪 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
猪 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhū most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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