Chinese symbol for “pig”
猪
zhū
Traditional: 豬
hog; pig; swine; measure word: 口 (kǒu), 头 (tóu)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pig is 猪 (zhū), defined as: hog; pig; swine; measure word: 口 (kǒu), 头 (tóu).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pig”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 猪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猪肉 (豬肉) | zhū ròu | pork |
| 猪头 (豬頭) | zhū tóu | pig head; (coll.) fool |
| 生猪 (生豬) | shēng zhū | live pig; pig on the hoof |
| 野猪 (野豬) | yě zhū | wild boar (Sus scrofa); 头 (tóu) |
| 猪油 (豬油) | zhū yóu | lard |
| 猪瘟 (豬瘟) | zhū wēn | swine fever |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pig”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.