# 彘

| 彘 | U+5F58, &#24408; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F58 |
| ← 彗 [U+5F57] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 彙 → [U+5F59] |

## Translingual
### Han character

彘 (Kangxi radical 58, 彐+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女一心人心 (VMPOP), four-corner 2771$_1$, composition ⿱彑⿲匕矢匕)

#### Derived characters

* 璏, 𩻼

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 362, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9931
* Dae Jaweon: page 680, character 33
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 961, character 14
* Unihan data for U+5F58

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 彘 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 彘 | *l'eds |
| 璏 | *l'eds, *ɢʷleds, *ɢʷled |
| 薙 | *l̥ʰiːs, *ljiʔ, *l'iʔ |
| 知 | *ʔl'e |
| 蜘 | *te |
| 智 | *ʔl'es |
| 鼅 | *te |
| 潪 | *teɡs, *deɡ |
| 踟 | *de |
| 雉 | *l'iʔ |
| 矢 | *hliʔ |
| 痴 | *l̥ʰɯ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'eds) : semantic 豕 (“pig; boar”) + phonetic 矢 (OC *hliʔ, “arrow”) – a wild boar being shot by an arrow (as opposed to a domesticated pig)

### Etymology

From Kra-Dai; compare Proto-Kam-Sui *ʔdlaːi⁵ (“wild pig”), Proto-Hlai *C-ləc (“wild boar”) (Schuessler, 2007).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhì (zhi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dê
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tē
    (Teochew, Peng'im): di$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^4$
*** Yale: jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^6$
*** Yale: jih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dê
*** Sinological IPA : /tɛi²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē
*** Tâi-lô: tē
*** Phofsit Daibuun: de
*** IPA (Xiamen): /te²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /te⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /te³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: di$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /ti³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zy
*** MiniDict: zy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²³/
* Middle Chinese: drjejH
Rime :
| Character | 彘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 祭 (37) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 直例切 |
| Baxter | drjejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖˠiᴇi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖᵚiɛi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡiæi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖjiaj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡjɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭɛi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯ɛi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zai$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l]r[a][t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'eds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 彘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ drjej$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[l]r[a][t]-s/ |
| English | pig |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 彘 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11492 |
| Phonetic component | 矢 |
| Rime group | 祭 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 滯 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'eds/ |

### Definitions

彘
* (literary, dialect) swine; pig
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 豕, 彘, 豬, 豨, 豚, 㣇 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 豬 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 豬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 豬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 豬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 豬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 豬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 豬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 豬, 黑貓子 Hui, 黑牲口 Hui |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 豬子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 豬, 嘮嘮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 豬, 玀玀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 黑黑, 哼孜兒, 豬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 豬, 黑子 Hui, 哼哼 Hui, 恨賊勒 Hui |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 豬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 豬佬佬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 豬 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 豬, 㺧 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 豬, 𤞼 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 豬 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 豬 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 豬 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 豬 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 豬 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 豬 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 豬 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 豬 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 豬 |
| Hakka | Changting | 豬, 長嘴筒 argot |
| Hakka | Yudu | 豬 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 豬仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 豬仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 豬仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 豬 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 豬仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 豬 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 豬 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 豬 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 豬 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 豬 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 豬 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 豬 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 豬, 豬兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 豬兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 豬 |
| Jin | Linhe | 豬 |
| Jin | Jining | 豬 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 豬 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 豬 |
| Jin | Handan | 豬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 豨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 豨 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 豨 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 豨 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 豨 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 豨 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang (Huangkeng) | 豨 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 豨 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 豨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 豬 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 豬, 豬仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 豬, 豬仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 豬仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 豨 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 豬, 老豬 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 豬, 猧 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 豬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 豬 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 豬 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 豨 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 豨 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 豨 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 豬 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 豬 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 豬 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 豬 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 豬 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 豬 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 豬 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 豬 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 豬 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 豬 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 豬 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 豬 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 豬 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 豬 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 豬 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 豬 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 豬玀, 玀玀 childish, 豬玀玀 childish |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 豬農 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 豬, 豬玀, 豬玀玀, 玀玀 |
| Wu | Danyang | 玀玀 childish |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 豬玀 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 豬玀, 嘵豬, 泥豬, 愚豬 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 豬 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 豬 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 豬, 寶樓 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 豬 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 豬 |

### Compounds

* 乳彘
* 人彘
* 依斟流彘
* 彘牢
* 彘盧／彘卢
* 彘肩
* 彘肩斗酒
* 彘豪
* 彘顱／彘颅
* 彘首
* 曾子殺彘／曾子杀彘
* 殺彘教子／杀彘教子
* 毫彘
* 牛彘胞
* 牢彘
* 犬彘
* 犬彘之食
* 狗彘
* 狗彘不如
* 狗彘不若 (gǒuzhìbùruò)
* 狗彘不食
* 田彘
* 眾彘／众彘
* 行同狗彘
* 行若狗彘 (xíngruògǒuzhì)
* 豕彘
* 豪彘
* 豬彘／猪彘
* 賁彘／贲彘
* 赤彘
* 野彘

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): てい (tei)、でい (dei)、えい (ei)、え (e)
* Kun: ぶた (buta)

## Korean
### Hanja

彘 (eum 체 (che))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

彘: Hán Nôm readings: trệ
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#### References

* Nom Foundation