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漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

豚: pork, pig

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

月 and 豕 carry the meaning

11 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

トンton · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 豚カツとんカツpork cutlet
  • 豚舎とんしゃpigpen, pigsty
  • 養豚ようとんpig-keeping, pig farming

ぶたbuta · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 豚ぶたpig
  • 豚肉ぶたにくpork
  • 子豚こぶたpiglet

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Ideogrammic compound (會意)肉 meat + 豕 pig

Source: Wiktionary, 豚 (rev. 92351896), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Flesh (肉/月) + pig (豕). The literal definition of the "flesh" of a "pig"—representing either the living animal or the meat (pork) it provides.”
From the 豕 pig story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
月

Also built on meat (月)

All 63
豕

Also built on pig (豕)

All 9

Also read トン

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
豚 pork · 月
vs琢 polish · 王
豚 has 月 where 琢 has 王.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · tún

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

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

Pinyin tún 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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