Taxonomy of meanings for 彘:　　

  • 彘 zhì (OC: deds MC: ɖɯiɛi) 直例切 去 廣韻：【豕也又姓左傳有彘恭子 】
    • MEAT
      • nmpork
    • PIG
      • ndomestic pig
      • nadNcharacteristic of a pig (e.g. bristles)
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        Additional information about 彘

        說文解字:

          Criteria
        • PIG

          1. The most general word for a wild boar and a domestic pig of any kind is shǐ 豕.

          2. Zhì 彘 is the standard old word for the domestic pig.

          3. Zhū 豬 is rare in ancient texts and tends to cooccur with other words for "pig" and would appear to be a colloquialism.

          4. Tún 豚 refers to a piglet.

          5. Fén 豶 refers to a castrated pig.

          5. Xī 狶／豨 is a rare specific term for a wild boar.

          Word relations
        • Assoc: (PIG)狗/DOG Gǒu 狗is a colloquial word for a dog (according to some early commentators a small dog, and it is plausible that the colloquial word may have referred to the small dog in particular).