亥猪 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

hàizhū

year of the boar

hài, jiē 12th terrestrial branch

Original meaning: roots

Depicts roots of a plant. Based on the original meaning "roots", now written as 荄. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC

Seal form — Seal Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Jin 266-420 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (7 of 21 verified)

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hojX	[g]ˤəʔ	12th earthly branch

說文解字

《說文》：“亥，荄也。十月微陽起，接盛陰。从，，古文上字，一人男，一人女也。从乙，象褢子咳咳之形。《春秋傳》曰：‘亥有二首六身’。，古文。亥為豕，與豕同。亥而生子，復從一起。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.986漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

zhū pig Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Simplified form of 豬.

Components

犭 Meaning component

quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

者 Sound component

zhě one who...

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ta

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

zhū pig Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 豕 represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound.

Components

豕 Meaning component

shǐ pig

者 Sound component

zhě one who...

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	trjo	tra	pig

說文解字

《說文》：“豬，豕而三毛叢居者。从豕，者聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)