Taxonomy of meanings for 豚:　　

  • 豚 tún (OC: duun MC: duon) 徒渾切 平 廣韻：【豕子 】
    • PIG
      • npiglet
    • = 遯
  • 豚 tún (OC: duun MC: duon) 徒渾切 平 廣韻：【同豚 】
  • 豚 tún (OC: duun MC: duon) 徒渾切 平 廣韻：【同豚 】

Additional information about 豚

說文解字: 【𢄉()】、小豕也。从彖省，象形。从又持肉，以給祠祀。 〔小徐本「彖〕作「㣇」，「祠祀」下有「也」。〕 凡豚之屬皆从豚。 【徒䰟切】 【豚】，篆文从肉、豕。

    Criteria
  • YOUNG ANIMAL

    1. Dú 犢 refers to a young bovine.

    2. Jū 駒 refers to a young horse, a foal.

    3. Gāo 羔 refers to a lamb.

    4. Tún 豚 refers to a piglet.

    5. Compare kūn 鯤 which refers to very young fish or spawn.

  • 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.