猪

	Old Chinese
觰	rtaːʔ, rtaː
諸	tjaː, tja
者	*tjaːʔ
堵	tjaːʔ, taːʔ
赭	*tjaːʔ
撦	*l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯	*tʰjaːʔ
闍	djaː, taː
奢	*hljaː
鍺	*toːlʔ
都	*taː
醏	*taː
覩	*taːʔ
睹	*taːʔ
暏	*taːʔ
賭	*taːʔ
帾	*taːʔ
楮	taːʔ, tʰaʔ
屠	daː, da
瘏	*daː
廜	*daː
鷵	*daː
緒	*ljaʔ
豬	*ta
猪	*ta
瀦	*ta
藸	ta, da
櫫	*ta
褚	taʔ, tʰaʔ
著	taʔ, tas, da, taɡ, *daɡ
箸	tas, das
儲	*da
躇	*da
櫧	*tja
藷	tja, djas
蠩	*tja
煮	*tjaʔ
渚	*tjaʔ
煑	*tjaʔ
陼	*tjaʔ
翥	*tjas
署	*djas
薯	*djas
曙	*djas
書	*hlja
暑	*hjaʔ
鐯	*taɡ
擆	*taɡ
櫡	*taɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ta) : semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 猪 – see 豬 (“pig; hog; swine; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 豬).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	猪
Kyūjitai ^[1]	猪 `猪` or 猪+`︀`^?
	猪󠄀 猪+`󠄀`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	猪󠄃 猪+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

猪

(Jinmeiyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 猪)

wild boar

Readings

Go-on: ちょ (cho)
Kan-on: ちょ (cho)
Kun: い (i, 猪)^{←ゐ (wi, 猪, historical)}、いのしし (inoshishi, 猪)^{←ゐのしし (winosisi, 猪, historical)}、いのこ (inoko, 猪)^{←ゐのこ (winoko, 猪, historical)}、しし (shishi, 猪)
Nanori: い (i)、しし (shishi)

Compounds

猪(ちょ)牙(き)舟(ぶね) (chokibune), 猪(ちょ)牙(き) (choki)
猪(ちょ)口(く) (choku), 猪(ちょ)口(こ) (choko)
猪(ちょ)突(とつ) (chototsu)
猪(ちょ)八(はっ)戒(かい) (Cho Hakkai)
猪(ちょ)勇(ゆう) (choyū)
猪(ちょ)苓(れい) (chorei)
家(か)猪(ちょ) (kacho)
玄(げん)猪(ちょ) (gencho)
野(や)猪(ちょ) (yacho)
豪猪(ヤマアラシ) (yamaarashi)

Etymology 1

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

イノシシ

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English Wikipedia has an article on:

Wild boar

Wikipedia

Kanji in this term
猪
いのしし Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
猪 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 猪 (i, “pig, boar”, see below) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 獣 (shishi, “beast”, archaic).^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いのしし [ìnóshíꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[4]^[5]
IPA^(key): [ino̞ɕiɕi]

Noun

猪(いのしし) or 猪(イノシシ) • (inoshishi) ^{←ゐのしし (winosisi) or ヰノシシ (winosisi)^?}

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

猪(いの)鹿(しか)蝶(ちょう) (ino-shika-chō)
猪熊(いのくま)通(どお)り (Inokuma Dōri)
猪(いの)豚(ぶた) (inobuta, “wild boar-pig hybrid”)
猪(いのしし)武者(むしゃ) (inoshishi musha)
疣(イボ)猪(イノシシ) (ibo inoshishi)
鹿(シカ)猪(イノシシ) (shika inoshishi, “babirusa”)
萩(はぎ)に猪(いのしし) (hagi ni inoshishi)
臍(へそ)猪(いのしし) (heso inoshishi, “peccary”)
琉球(りゅうきゅう)猪(いのしし) (Ryūkyū inoshishi)

Proper noun

猪(いのしし) • (Inoshishi) ^{←ゐのしし (winosisi)^?}

a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
猪
い Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
猪 (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

豬

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

猪(い) • (i) ^{←ゐ (wi)^?}

a pig or wild boar

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
猪
しし Jinmeiyō
irregular

Alternative spelling
猪 (kyūjitai)

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

Alternative forms

獣
(deer meat): 鹿

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しし [shíꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[4]^[5]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɕi]

Noun

猪(しし) • (shishi)

collective term for beasts used as food
(by extension) a wild boar, Sus scrofa

Derived terms

Proper noun

猪(しし) • (Shishi)

a surname

References

^ “猪”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 “獣・猪・鹿”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[1] “猪”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

[2] Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[KDJ-3] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-5] 5.0 ^5.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NKD2Shishi-6] 6.0 ^6.1 “獣・猪・鹿”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

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