# 豚

| 豚 | U+8C5A, &#35930; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C5A |
| ← 豙 [U+8C59] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 豛 → [U+8C5B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

豚 (Kangxi radical 152, 豕+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月一尸人 (BMSO), four-corner 7123$_2$, composition ⿰月豕)

#### Derived characters

* 遯, 𧲝

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1194, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36352
* Dae Jaweon: page 1657, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3611, character 8
* Unihan data for U+8C5A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 豚 :
| 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 |
| 豚 | *duːn |
| 遯 | *duːnʔ, *duːns |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 肉 (“meat”) + 豕 (“pig”).

### Etymology 1

* 豚 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Domestic pig (English)
Probably related to 彖 (OC *l̥ʰoːns, “running pig”) and 貒 (OC *tʰoːn, “hog badger”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Outside of Chinese, it is probably related to Proto-Mien *duŋᴮ (“pig”) (Sagart, 1999; Schuessler, 2007; Ratliff, 2010).
Vovin speculates a link to Proto-Common Turkic *toŋuz (“pig”) and Middle Korean 돝 (twòth, “pig”) (Vovin, 2011).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tún (tun$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thûn
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$den
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tún
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tún
*** Wade–Giles: tʻun$^2$
*** Yale: twún
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twen
*** Palladius: тунь (tunʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu̯ən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tyun$^4$
*** Yale: tyùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tyn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tün$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰyːn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùn
*** Hakka Romanization System: tun$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰun¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thûn
*** Tâi-lô: thûn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tuun
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰun²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰun²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰun¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰun²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰun²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$den
*** MiniDict: den$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$den
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dən²³/
* Middle Chinese: dwon
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 |
| Baxter | dwon |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /duən/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /duon/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /duən/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dwən/ |
| Li Rong | /duən/ |
| Wang Li | /duən/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱuən/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tún |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | teon$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤu[n]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*duːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 豚 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tún |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dwon › |
| Old Chinese | /*lˁu[n]/ |
| English | young 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 | 豚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12582 |
| Phonetic component | 豚 |
| Rime group | 文 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 屯 |
| Old Chinese | /*duːn/ |

#### Definitions

豚
* piglet; suckling pig
* (by extension) pig
* (Internet slang, derogatory) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 豚, 豯 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小豬兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 小豬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小豬, 小豬兒, 豬崽兒, 豬崽子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小豬兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 豬崽子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 豬娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 豬娃兒, 豬娃子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 尕豬娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 豬秧子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 豬娃子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 豬娃子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 豬娃子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 豬崽崽, 豬兒子, 小豬兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 豬娃, 小豬娃, 小豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 小豬崽, 小豬兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 豬崽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 豬秧子, 豬秧 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 豬秧子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 奶豬兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 豬仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 豬仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 豬仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 豬仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 豬仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 豬仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 豬仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 豬仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 豬仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 豬崽子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 豬崽兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 豬崽仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 乳豬 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 豬子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 豬子 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細豬仔, 豬子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 豬子, 乳豬仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 豬子, 細豬子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 豬子 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 豬幺 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 豬仔 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 豬仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細豬 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 豬娃子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 豬娃子, 小豬子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 豨仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 豬囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 豬囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 豬囝 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 豬囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 豬囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 豬囝 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 豬囝 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 豬囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 豬囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 豬囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 豬仔囝, 豬豚仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 豬仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 豬囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 豬仔囝, 豬仔嬰, 豬豚仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 豬仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 豬仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 豬仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 豬仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 豬仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 豬仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 豬仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 豬仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 豬仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 豬囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 豬囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 豬仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 豬囝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 豬仔 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 豬囝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 豬囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 豬囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 豬囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 豬崽 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小豬玀 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小豬農 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小豬 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小豬 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小肉豬 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小豬 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 豬兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小豬 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 豬崽子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 豬崽唧 |
| 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 | Chengde | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 豬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 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 | Lijin | 豬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 豬, 黑貓子 Hui, 黑牲口 Hui |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 豬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 豬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 豬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 豬子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 豬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 豬, 嘮嘮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 豬, 玀玀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 豬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 黑黑, 哼孜兒, 豬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 豬, 黑子 Hui, 哼哼 Hui, 狠賊勒 Hui |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 豬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 豬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 豬, 豬佬佬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 豬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 豬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 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 | Yangyuan | 豬 |
| Jin | Datong | 豬 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 豬 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 豬 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 豬 |
| Jin | Linhe | 豬 |
| Jin | Jining | 豬 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 豬 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 豬 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 豬 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 豬 |
| Jin | Handan | 豬 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 豬 |
| Jin | Suide | 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

* 么豚暮鷚
* 信及豚魚 / 信及豚鱼
* 兩廡豚 / 两庑豚
* 化及豚魚 / 化及豚鱼
* 圈豚
* 土豚 (tǔtún)
* 孤豚
* 孤豚腐鼠
* 戴雞佩豚 / 戴鸡佩豚
* 敝鼓喪豚 / 敝鼓丧豚
* 景升豚犬
* 梅河豚
* 楊豚 / 杨豚
* 江豚 (jiāngtún)
* 河豚 (hétún, “blowfish”)
* 海豚 (hǎitún, “dolphin”)
* 海豚座 (Hǎitúnzuò)
* 海豚泳
* 炮豚
* 烝豚
* 蒸豚
* 燔黍捭豚
* 燔黍擘豚
* 珠豚
* 瘠牛僨豚 / 瘠牛偾豚
* 瘠牛羸豚
* 白鰭豚 / 白鳍豚 (báiqítún)
* 豚佩
* 豚兒 / 豚儿 (tún'ér)
* 豚兒犬子 / 豚儿犬子
* 豚子
* 豚尾
* 豚拍
* 豚柵 / 豚栅
* 豚犢 / 豚犊
* 豚犬 (túnquǎn)
* 豚耳
* 豚肘
* 豚肩
* 豚胉
* 豚脅 / 豚胁
* 豚腸草 / 豚肠草
* 豚臑
* 豚草 (túncǎo, “common ragweed”)
* 豚解
* 豚豚
* 豚蹄
* 豚蹄穰田
* 豚酒
* 豚醪
* 豚魚 / 豚鱼
* 豚鼠 (túnshǔ, “guinea pig”)
* 豭豚
* 賁豚 / 贲豚
* 雞豚 / 鸡豚 (jītún)
* 雞豚之息 / 鸡豚之息
* 雞豚社 / 鸡豚社
* 飲豚 / 饮豚
* 鱖豚 / 鳜豚
* 黍豚

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 豚 – see 䐁 (“vulva”). (This character is a variant form of 䐁).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 豚 – see 墩 (“mound”). (This character is an obsolete form of 墩).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: どん (don)
* Kan-on: とん (ton, Jōyō)
* Kun: ぶた (buta, 豚, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 豚(とん)カツ (tonkatsu, “tonkatsu”)
* 豚(とん)血(けつ)下(した)地(じ) (tonketsushitaji)
* 豚(とん)犬(けん) (tonken, “pig and dog; fool; my child”)
* 豚(とん)骨(こつ) (tonkotsu, “tonkotsu”)
* 豚(とん)コレラ (tonkorera): hog cholera
* 豚(とん)脂(し) (tonshi, “lard”)
* 豚(とん)児(じ) (tonji, “piglet; my child”)
* 豚(とん)舎(しゃ) (tonsha, “pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept)”)
* 豚(とん)汁(じる) (tonjiru)
* 豚(とん)足(そく) (tonsoku, “pig's trotters”)
* 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu), 河(か)豚(とん) (katon): blowfish
* 養豚(ようとん) (yōton, “porciculture”)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 豚
* ぶた Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 豕
First attested in the mid-Muromachi period, some time in the late 1480s.
Derivation ultimately unknown.
Some sources list possible theories:
* A shift from 太 (futo, “fatty (fat individual), fatness”)
    The vowel shift and voicing required to go from futo to buta seem problematic, considering Japanese sound shift patterns.
* Cognate with Okinawan ぶたさん (butasan, “fat”).
* An onomatopoeia from the sound the animal makes, realized in Japanese as ブー (bū)
    The final -ta remains unexplained.
* Some combination of the two above
* A shift from 猪太 (ibuto, literally “swine + fatty”)
    Attestable online, but not found in Japanese etymological resources. Difficult to judge provenance or timing.
* A borrowing from Korean or Mongolian
    Neither Korean 돼지 (dwaeji, “pig”) nor Mongolian гахай (gaxaj, “pig”) show any phonological resemblance to buta, ruling out these possibilities.
The word butakal appears in several languages of the Philippines with a sense of boar (male pig), suggesting a possible source. However, any connection with an Austronesian language is only speculation.
The kanji is from Chinese 豚 (tún, “suckling pig”). Compare Japanese 猪 (inoshishi, “boar”) from Chinese 猪 (zhū, “pig”) and Japanese 猿 (saru, “monkey”) from Chinese 猿 (yuán, “ape”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぶた [bùtá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [bɯ̟ta̠]

### Noun

豚(ぶた) or 豚(ブタ) • (buta)
* [from late 1480s] pig; swine
* [from 1703] (derogatory) a fat person, an unattractive woman
* [from 1846] pork (the meat)
* [from 1960] a wild boar
    Synonym: 猪 (i, inoshishi)
* [from 1723] a hand of cards worth zero (such as 8–9–3 totalling 20, which is equivalent to zero), in Baccarat-like three-card games such as おいちょかぶ
** 1723 (享保八年), 竹田出雲 [Takeda Izumo] and 和田文耕堂 [Matsuda Bunkōdō],〈大塔宮曦鎧〉 [Ōtō no Miya Asahi no Yoroi]
    しらがまじりがまく歌流多。かはゝ川越播磨(かはごへはりま)ノ守。六々八のひつはりぶた。先六はらのあたまをちよつる。次のかるたは八九三。是もめでたし鎌倉ぶた。根(ね)こぎにしやんとかき込(こみ)し親は。二三四のぼり九寸(がう)。
* [from ???] (colloquial, poker) synonym of ハイカード (hai kādo, “high card”): a no pair, a hand without even a pair (probably a modification of the term for a zero-valued card hand)
** 2000 July 7 [2000 May 17], Seimaru Amagi with Sato, Fumiya, “FILE(ファイル) 1(いち)　殺(さつ)人(じん)ポーカー　Unlucky Men in the Rain　〈問(もん)題(だい)編(へん)〉 [FILE 1: Murderous Poker: Unlucky Men in the Rain ‹Problem›]”, in 明智警視の優雅なる事件簿 [Superintendent Akechi Elegant Case Files], 3rd edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:赤(あか)菱(びし)さんのカードは８(はち)とＪ(ジャック)のツーペア‥‥三(みつ)矢(や)さんはＡ(エース)のスリーカード　雲(くも)間(ま)さんはＱ(クイーン)のワンペア　緑(みとり)川(かわ)さんは役なし(ブタ)‥‥Akabishi-san no kādo wa hachi to jakku no tsū-pea... Mitsuya-san wa ēsu no surī-kādo, Kumoma-san wa kuīn no wan-pea, Midorikawa-san wa buta...Akabishi-san’s hand would have a two pair, eights and jacks‥‥ Mitsuya-san’s a three of a kind, aces. Kumoma-san’s a one pair, queens. Midorikawa-san’s a high card...

#### 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 ブタ.

#### Derived terms

* 豚(ぶた)尾(お)猿(ざる) (butaozaru, “southern pig-tailed macaque”)
* 豚(ぶた)草(くさ) (butakusa, “common ragweed”)
* 豚(ぶた)小(ご)屋(や) (butagoya, “pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept); pigsty (dirty or very untidy place)”)
* 豚(ぶた)しゃぶ (butashabu)
* 豚(ぶた)汁(じる) (butajiru, “pork miso soup”)
* 豚(ぶた)丼(どん) (butadon): pork donburi
* 豚(ぶた)肉(にく) (butaniku), 豚(とん)肉(にく) (tonniku, “pork”)
* 豚(ぶた)の饅(まん)頭(じゅう) (buta no manjū, “cyclamen”)
* 豚(ぶた)箱(ばこ) (butabako, “police cell”)
* 豚(ぶた)鼻(ばな)蝙蝠(こうもり) (butabanakōmori, “Kitti's hog-nosed bat”)
* 豚(ぶた)饅(まん) (butaman, “nikuman”)
* 猪(いの)豚(ぶた) (inobuta, “wild boar-pig hybrid”)
* 海豚(いるか) (iruka, “dolphin”)
* 黒(くろ)豚(ぶた) (kurobuta, “Berkshire pig”)
* 酢(す)豚(ぶた) (subuta, “sweet-and-sour pork”)
* 土(つち)豚(ぶた) (tsuchibuta, “aardvark”)
* 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”)

#### Idioms

* 豚(ぶた)に真(しん)珠(じゅ) (buta ni shinju, “pearls before swine”)
* 豚(ぶた)もおだてりゃ木(き)に登(ぼ)る (buta mo odaterya ki ni boru)

#### Descendants

* → Ainu: プタ (puta)

#### See also

* 猪 (i, inoshishi, “wild boar”)
* アグー (agū, “Okinawan pig breed”)

### References

* ↑ “豚・豕”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ “ブタ／豚／ぶた”, in 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2003–2025.
* ↑ 日本辞典 (Nihon Jiten, “Japan Dictionary”), entry for buta available online here (in Japanese)
* ↑ 由来・語源辞典 (Yurai / Gogen Jiten, “Derivation / Etymology Dictionary”), entry for buta available online here (in Japanese)
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 豚 (MC dwon).
Recorded as Middle Korean 똔 (Yale: ttwon) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 돈 (twon) (Yale: twon) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 豚 (eumhun 돼지 돈 (dwaeji don))
* hanja form of 돈 (“pig”)

#### Compounds

* 돈육 (豚肉, donyuk)
* 돈피 (豚皮, donpi)
* 양돈 (養豚, yangdon)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: っわー ('wā)

### Etymology

/ʔuwaː/ → /ʔwaː/
From Proto-Ryukyuan *uwa. Cognate with Yoron っわー ('wā, “pig”), Tokunoshima っわー ('wā, “pig”), Miyako わー (wā, vā, “pig”), Yaeyama おー (ō, “pig”), Yonaguni わー (wā, “pig”).
Likely not related to Japanese 豚 (buta, “pig, swine, hog”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔwaː]

### Noun

豚(っわー) ('wā)
* a pig, hog, swine

### References

* “っわー・うゎー・ぅわー【豚・豕】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

豚: Hán Nôm readings: đồn
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