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Kanji for Pork
The kanji most commonly used for "Pork" is 豚.
豚
Kanji that mean Pork
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豚
pig, pork
Onyomi: ton Kunyomi: buta 11 strokes Jōyō
豚 is the pig. It reads buta on its own and ton in compounds, and the meat is normally 豚肉 (butaniku): the character names the animal, and Japanese adds 肉 (meat) when pork is meant. The ton reading turns up constantly in food — 豚カツ (tonkatsu, the breaded pork cutlet) and 豚骨 (tonkotsu, the pork-bone broth of Kyushu ramen) — and 養豚 is pig farming.
Outside the kitchen, 豚 works as an insult in Japanese much as “pig” does in English.
Before you use Pork kanji
豚 means pig, not pork as a cut of meat — that is 豚肉. It also serves as an insult in Japanese, exactly as calling someone a pig does in English, which makes it a poor candidate for a tattoo or a name.