See also:
U+732A, 猪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-732A

[U+7329]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+732B]

U+FA16, 猪
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA16

[U+FA15]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FA17]
U+FAA0, 猪
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAA0

[U+FA9F]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FAA1]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 94, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 大竹十大日 (KHJKA), composition )

Derived characters

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ta) : semantic (dog) + phonetic (OC *tjaːʔ).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“pig; hog; swine; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of ).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
[1]


猪
or
+︀?
󠄀
+󠄀?
(Adobe-Japan1)
󠄃
+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. wild boar

Readings


Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
いのしし
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Compound of (i, pig, boar, see below) + (no, possessive particle) + (shishi, beast, archaic).[2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

(いのしし) or (イノシシ) • (inoshishi) ゐのしし (winosisi) or ヰノシシ (winosisi)?

  1. a wild boar, Sus scrofa
    Synonyms: 野荒らし (noarashi), 野猪 (noshishi)
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as イノシシ.

Derived terms

Proper noun

(いのしし) • (Inoshishi) ゐのしし (winosisi)?

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/wi//i/

From Old Japanese, also used in the Man'yōshū (759 CE) as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨wi⟩.

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *wi.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [i]

Noun

() • (i)  (wi)?

  1. a pig or wild boar
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
しし
Jinmeiyō
irregular
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[6] From Proto-Japonic *sisi. Cognate with (shishi, meat of a beast).[6]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

(しし) • (shishi) 

  1. collective term for beasts used as food
  2. (by extension) a wild boar, Sus scrofa
Derived terms

Proper noun

(しし) • (Shishi) 

  1. a surname

See also

References

  1. ”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  6. 獣・猪・鹿”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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