The Japanese Radical: 豕


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Meaning
pig    豕

Explanation name of the radical: inoko This radical is also used in this simplified way .

Used in these characters:
JLPT 4Joyo 2
house, specialist
ie, ya, KA, KE
Top: roof , bottom: pig (cf. )
Under a roof (together) with the pigs: Our house.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
elephant, shape, figure
ZŌ, SHŌ
From top: trunk , two big ears, var. of pig
A trunk and two big ears give a pig the elephant's shape.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
troop, unit, corps, group
TAI
Left: hill , right: out of , pig
Out of the hills like pigs rushes the troops.  
JLPT 2Joyo 5
impression, image, figure

Left: person /, right: elephant (A trunk and two big ears give the pig / an elephant's shape)
A person like an elephant makes an impression.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
drama, a play
GEKI
Left: tiger (pictograph: jumping tiger with protruding fangs) and: pig , right: knife
A tiger, pig and knife drama.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
engrave, carving, chop, mince
kizamu, KOKU
Left: zodiac boar (cf. pig / ), right: knife
When a pig is chopped with a knife, you have to cut in, or: to "engrave".  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
rim, edge, ties, relation, fate, karma
fuchi, EN
Left: thread , right: hand ヨ and: pig
If you are bound by a thread at the hand like a pig, you are on the edge, and that is your fate.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
marry, bride
yome, totsugu, KA
Left: woman , right: house (= below a roof together with the pigs / )
The woman (coming) into the house is the bride.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
earnings, make money
kasegu, KA
Left: rice plant , right: house (below a roof together with the pigs / )
Rice plants at my house make my earnings.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
investigate (of crime), censure
GAI
Left: zodiac boar cf. pig / , right: strength
You need a pig's strength to investigate that crime.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
relevant, correspond, as above-stated, the said
GAI
Left: word , right: zodiac boar =var. of pig /
The words that also this kanji: is a pig, are (as said) relevant.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
core, nuclear, nucleus
KAKU
Left: tree , right: zodiac boar cf. pig /
Trees and pigs also consist of atomic nuclei at their core.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
superior, overpowering, Australia

Top: var. of high/tall , below: pig /
The tall pigs from Australia are superior.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
achieve, accomplish, attain, realize, commit (suicide)
tsui, togeru, SUI
Combination of: chasing [The pig (= ), moves , when you chase it] and: 'out of' (here as a goal marked by two poles )
The chasing into the goal is: "accomplishing and achieving".  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
chase, pursue, one after another
ou, CHIKU
Left: movement , right: pig (cf. )
The pigs move when you chase them.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
crash, fall, crumble
TSUI
Top: unit/party/corps (Out of the hills like pigs rushes the troops.), below: earth
The unit/corps is on the ground: It has fallen / crashed.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
tumulus, mound, hillock
tsuka, CHŌ
Left: earth , right: cover , pig (cf. corpse )
Earth covers the pig and forms its tumulus.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
pig, pork
buta, TON
Left: body /, right: pig
The body of a pig is and remains a pig.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
skeleton, dead remains, a corpse, husk
GAI
Left: bones, vertebrae , right: zodiac boar [cf. pig / ]
These mere bones are like those of a pig: It is a skeleton.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
appearance, shape, looks

Left: var. of pig , right: white , legs
A horned pig on white legs is a special appearance.  

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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