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豚

Translingual

Han character

豚 (radical 152 豕+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月一尸人 (BMSO), four-corner 7123₂, composition ⿰月豕)

small pig, suckling pig
used in names for dolphins and porpoises in combination with other characters, such as in 海豚 (dolphin, or sea-pig).

References

KangXi: page 1194, character 23

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36352

Dae Jaweon: page 1657, character 13

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3611, character 8

Unihan data for U+8C5A

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		豚

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tún (tun²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: tún
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣˊ
  - Wade-Giles: t'un²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twen
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tyun⁴
  - Yale: tyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tyn⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰyːn²¹/

Middle Chinese: /duən/▼

Rime
Character	豚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒渾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duən/
Pan Wuyun	/duon/
Shao Rongfen	/duən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dwən/
Li Rong	/duən/
Wang Li	/duən/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tún

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*duːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	豚
Reading #	1/1
No.	12582
Phonetic component	豚
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	屯
Old Chinese	/*duːn/

Noun

豚

Compounds

海豚 (hǎitún, “dolphin”)
河豚 (hétún, “blowfish”)
豚草 (túncǎo, “common ragweed”)
豚兒／豚儿 (tún'ér)
豚犬 (túnquǎn)
豚鼠 (túnshǔ, “guinea pig”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 豚 – see 䐁. (This character, 豚, is a variant form of 䐁.)

Japanese

Kanji

豚

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Goon: どん (don)
Kan’on: とん (ton)
Kun: ぶた (buta)

Compounds

猪豚 (いのぶた) ‎(inobuta) wild boar-pig hybrid
海豚 (いるか) ‎(iruka): dolphin
黒豚 (くろぶた) ‎(kurobuta): Berkshire pig
酢豚 (すぶた) ‎(subuta) sweet-and-sour pork
土豚 (つちぶた) ‎(tsuchibuta): aardvark
豚 (とん)カツ ‎(tonkatsu): tonkatsu
豚血下地 (とんけつしたじ) ‎(tonketsushitaji)
豚犬 (とんけん) ‎(tonken): pig and dog; fool; my child
豚骨 (とんこつ) ‎(tonkotsu):
豚 (とん)コレラ ‎(tonkorera): hog cholera
豚脂 (とんし) ‎(tonshi): lard
豚児 (とんじ) ‎(tonji): piglet; my child
豚舎 (とんしゃ) ‎(tonsha): pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept)
豚汁 (とんじる) ‎(tonjiru), 豚汁 (ぶたじる) ‎(butajiru): pork miso soup
豚足 (とんそく) ‎(tonsoku): pig's trotters
河豚 (ふぐ) ‎(fugu), 河豚 (かとん) ‎(katon): blowfish

豚尾猿 (ぶたおざる) ‎(butaozaru): southern pig-tailed macaque
豚草 (ぶたくさ) ‎(butakusa): common ragweed
豚小屋 (ぶたごや) ‎(butagoya): pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept); pigsty (dirty or very untidy place)
豚 (ぶた)しゃぶ ‎(butashabu)
豚肉 (ぶたにく) ‎(butaniku), 豚肉 (とんにく) ‎(tonniku): pork
豚 (ぶた)に真珠 (しんじゅ) ‎(buta ni shinju): pearls before swine
豚 (ぶた)の饅頭 (まんじゅう) ‎(buta no manjū): cyclamen
豚箱 (ぶたばこ) ‎(butabako): police cell
豚鼻蝙蝠 (ぶたばなこうもり) ‎(butabanakōmori): Kitti's hog-nosed bat
豚饅 (ぶたまん) ‎(butaman): nikuman
豚 (ぶた)もおだてりゃ木 (き)に登 (ぼ)る ‎(buta mo odaterya ki ni boru)
ミニ豚 (ぶた) ‎(minibuta): minipig
焼 (や)き豚 (ぶた) ‎(yakibuta): char siu, a style of barbecue pork wherein the meat is trussed, marinated, skewered, and then roasted
養豚 (ようとん) ‎(yōton): porciculture

Kanji in this term
豚
ぶた Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Kun'yomi
(Tokyo) ぶた [bùtá] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bɯᵝta̠]

Alternative forms

Noun

豚 ‎(hiragana ぶた, katakana ブタ, romaji buta)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

豚 • ‎(don) (hangeul 돈, revised don, McCune-Reischauer ton, Yale ton)

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Vietnamese

Han character

豚 (đồn)

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Definition 2025

豚

豚

Translingual

Han character

References

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Compounds

Etymology 2

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Compounds

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

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References

Korean

Hanja

Vietnamese

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