bīnhuān

herd of pigs

Two pigs  representing a herd

Components

Meaning component
shǐ pig
Meaning component
shǐ pig

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

說文解字

《說文》:“豩,二豕也。豳从此。闕。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica