jiā

boar

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shǐ pig
Sound component
jiǎ, xiá false

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Remnant (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkaekˤra boar

說文解字

《說文》:“豭,牡豕也。从豕,叚聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica