Memory phrase for the character: 豚

豚

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Meaning

suckling pig

Pronunciation

 tún

Explanation

 Left: body 月/肉, right: pig 豕

Mnemonic
 
The body of a pig is (initially) a suckling pig.

Radicals

肉 body partThis radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.
豕 pigThe zodiac boar is 亥
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 Vocabulary

豚鼠 tún shǔ  guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
鼠海豚 shǔ hǎi tún  porpoise
白暨豚 bái jì tún  Chinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer)
白暨豚 bái jì tún  

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