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Kanji Detail for 猪 - "wild boar, pig"

猪

  • Meaning

    猪 means "wild boar, pig."

    1. Wild boar - Sus scrofa; pig family animal.

    2. Pig - Domestic swine.

  • Four-character idioms with 猪

    • 猪突猛進 ちょとつもうしん Listen headlong rush; rushing recklessly

  • Tattoo check: 猪

    • Verified meaning: wild boar, pig
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read い, いざき, いの, いのさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 猪

    Surnames 猪(い)Listen 猪(いざき)Listen 猪(いの)Listen 猪(いのさき)Listen 猪(いのざき)Listen 猪(いのしし)Listen 猪(いのにし)Listen 猪(しし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pig

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pig

  • Onyomi

    tip

    cho(チョ) チョ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    i(い) い

    inoshishi(いのしし) いのしし

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    犬 犭 (inu・kemonohen)

  • Related Keywords

    wild boar pig animal fierce forest hunt meat omnivore snout swine tusk bold strong

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