The Chinese Radical: 豕




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Meaning
pig    豕

Explanation The zodiac boar is 亥

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
household, family, businesses, specialist
jiā
Top: a roof 宀, bottom: a pig 豕 (see: 豚)
Under the roof is the pig part of the: household.  
HSK 3
to resemble, to appear, to seem, image, portrait
xiàng
Left: person 亻, right: elephant 象 (A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 make a pig 豕 appear like an elephant.)
A person resembling an elephant is an appearance.  
HSK 4
elephant, shape, form, appearance, comparable to
xiàng
From top: trunk ⺈, two big ears 罒, var. of pig 豕
A trunk and two big ears make a pig appear like an elephant.  
HSK 4
oak, acorn
xiàng
Left: tree 木, right: elephant 象 (A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 make a pig 豕 appear like an elephant.)
A tree as tall as an elephant: The oak.  
HSK 5
to chase, to pursue, gradually, one by one
zhú
Left: movement 辶, right: pig 豕 (cf.豚)
The pig moves when it is pursued or chased.  
HSK 5
superior, grand, heroic, luxurious
háo
Top: var. of high/tall 高, below: pig 豕
The tall pig is superior and heroic.  
HSK 5
to hesitate, happy, carefree, at one's ease

Left: give, bestow 予 (The bent person マ has a nail 丁 to give.), right: elephant 象 A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 make a pig 豕 appear like an elephant.
(Where shall it live?) If sb. give you an elephant, you should hesitate.  
HSK 6
fate, predestined affinity, karma, cause, margin, hem, edge
yuán
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: 彖 (mouth and pig 豕 [cf. 喙])
Like a thread through the mouth of a pig (which is directing it), we are lead by our fate.  
HSK 6
perseverance, endurance, resolute staunch

Left: 豙 (to stand 立 and pig 豕), right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
He stands like a pig with a battle axe in the hand and has perseverance.  
HSK 6
to deceive, cheat, hoodwink, unconscious
mēng, méng, měng
From top: plant 艹, cover 冖, one 一, pig 豕
Under the plants and under the cover there shall be a/one pig? You deceiver!  
HSK 6
sow grain
jià
Left: rice plant 禾, right: household 家 (Under the roof 宀 is a personal pig 豕)
The rice plants for the household need to be sowed.  
HSK 6
to cut (gems)
zhuó
Left: jade, king 王 (jade itself is: 玉), right: 豖 (pig 豕 with a cut leg)
Jade is just as a cut pig's leg, both are: cut and polished.  
HSK 6
tunnel, underground passage
suì
Left: hill 阝, right: satisfy 遂 (out of 丷, pig 豕/豚, movement 辶)
By the hill (= the excavation 丷 next to it) you see where the pig's movements made: a tunnel.  
no HSK
hazy, deceive, indistinct
méng
Left: moon, body 月, right: to deceive, cheat 蒙 (Under the plants 艹 and under the cover 冖 there shall be a/one 一 pig 豕? You deceiver!)
The moon light can be deceiving, because it hazy.  
no HSK
burial mound, senior (i.e. eldest person in rank)
zhǒng
Top: cover 冖, bottom: 豖 (pig 豕/豚 with a stab wound)
Under a cover is the stabbed pig in a burial mound.  
no HSK
air-raid shelter, trench
háo
Left: earth 土, right: superior, heroic 豪 (The tall 高 pig 豕 is superior and heroic)
The earth with the tall pigs is: the trench.  
no HSK
pig, boar of the 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m.
hài

Variation of pig 豕 and shows head 亠, fat body ノノ and small tail 丶.  
no HSK
howl, bawl
háo
Left: mouth 口, right: superior, heroic 豪 (The tall 高 pig 豕 is superior and heroic.)
Out of the mouth of the tall pig comes a: howl.  
no HSK
suckling pig
tún
Left: body 月/肉, right: pig 豕
The body of a pig is (initially) a suckling pig.  
no HSK
to peck
zhuó
Left: mouth 口, right: stabbed pig 豖 (but here: pig 豕 with some food )
The mouth of the pig sees between the feet some food and pecks it.  
no HSK
to satisfy, to succeed, finally, to proceed
suì
Connection of: to chase 逐 (The pig 豕/豚, moves 辶, when it is chased.) and out of 丷 (here: a goal marked by two poles 丷)
The chasing to the goal 丷 is a: "satisfying succeeding".  
no HSK
to rear/raise (animals)
huàn
Top: border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷) and two barrier bars 二), bottom: pig 豕 (cf: 豚)
(Security) guards are needed when a pig is raised.  
no HSK
lemon
méng
Left: tree 木, right: deceive, cheat 蒙 (Under the plants 艹 and under the cover 冖 there shall be a/one 一 pig 豕?: You deceiver!)
(It is surprisingly sour) The tree that cheats is: the lemon.  
no HSK
fast, hurry, suddenly

Left: movement 辶, right: wild boar 豦 (Like a tiger 虍/虎 is this pig 豕)
The movements of the wild boar are fast.  
no HSK
profound, mysterious, deep, detailed, distant
suì
Left: movement 辶, right: hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave) and 㒸 (horned 丷 pig 豕)
The movement into the hole to the horned pig is profound but mysterious.  
no HSK
beak, snout, to pant
huì
Left: mouth 口, right: 彖 (mouth with pig 豕)
A mouth and a pig's mouth stand for: beak, snout.  

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