Chinese symbol for “swine”
彘
zhì
swine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for swine is 彘 (zhì), defined as: swine.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “swine”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 彘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杀彘教子 (殺彘教子) | shā zhì jiào zǐ | to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example |
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.