Radical 152 (U+2F97)
(U+8C55) "pig"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:shǐ
Bopomofo:ㄕˇ
Wade–Giles:shih3
Cantonese Yale:chi2
Jyutping:ci2
Japanese Kana:シ shi (on'yomi)
ぶた buta / いのこ inoko (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:시 si
Names
Japanese name(s):豕/いのこ inoko
豕偏/いのこへん inokohen
Hangul:돼지 dwaeji
Stroke order animation

Radical 152 or radical pig (豕部) meaning "pig" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 148 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 155th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+0
+1
+3
+4 (=豚)
+5
+6 (=豜)
+7
+9 SC (=豶)
+10
+11
+12
+13

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy: from pictograph to ideogram: the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
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