豚

豚 U+8C5A, 豚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C5A ← 豙 [U+8C59] CJK Unified Ideographs 豛 → [U+8C5B]

Translingual

Han character

豚 (Kangxi radical 152, 豕+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月一尸人 (BMSO), four-corner 7123₂, composition ⿰月豕)

Derived characters

• 遯, 𧲝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1194, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36352
• Dae Jaweon: page 1657, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3611, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8C5A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 豚
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
豚	*duːn
遯	*duːnʔ, *duːns

Characters in the same phonetic series (豚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 肉 (“meat”) + 豕 (“pig”).

Etymology 1

trad.		豚
simp. #		豚
alternative forms		豘 肫

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 豚 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Domestic pig (English)

Probably related to 彖 (OC *l̥ʰoːns, “running pig”) and 貒 (OC *tʰoːn, “hog badger”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Outside of Chinese, it is probably related to Proto-Mien *duŋᴮ (“pig”) (Sagart, 1999; Schuessler, 2007; Ratliff, 2010).

Vovin speculates a link to Common Turkic *toŋuz (“pig”) and Middle Korean 돝 (twòth, “pig”) (Vovin, 2011).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	豚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒渾切
Baxter	dwon
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duən/
Pan Wuyun	/duon/
Shao Rongfen	/duən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dwən/
Li Rong	/duən/
Wang Li	/duən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	teon4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	豚
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tún
Middle Chinese	‹ dwon ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁu[n]/
English	young pig
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	豚
Reading #	1/1
No.	12582
Phonetic component	豚
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	屯
Old Chinese	/*duːn/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tún (tun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thûn
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶den

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tún
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tún
    • Wade–Giles: tʻun²
    • Yale: twún
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twen
    • Palladius: тунь (tunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tyun⁴
    • Yale: tyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tun²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰun¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thûn
    • Tâi-lô: thûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tuun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰun²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰun¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰun²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰun²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶den
    • MiniDict: den^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³den
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dən²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dwon

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤu[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*duːn/

豚

Definitions

豚

1. piglet; suckling pig
2. (by extension) pig
3. (Internet slang, derogatory) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
4. a surname

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		豚, 豯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小豬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小豬兒
	Taiwan	小豬
	Singapore	小豬
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小豬, 小豬兒, 豬崽兒, 豬崽子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小豬兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	豬崽子
	Wanrong	豬娃
	Xi'an	豬娃兒, 豬娃子
	Xining	尕豬娃兒
	Xuzhou	豬秧子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	豬娃子
	Lanzhou	豬娃子
	Ürümqi	豬娃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	豬崽崽, 豬兒子, 小豬兒
	Wuhan	豬娃, 小豬娃, 小豬
	Guiyang	小豬崽, 小豬兒
	Liuzhou	豬崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	豬秧子, 豬秧
	Yangzhou	豬秧子
	Huanggang	奶豬兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	豬仔
	Hong Kong	豬仔
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	豬仔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	豬仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	豬仔
	Taishan	豬仔
	Dongguan	豬仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	豬仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	豬仔
Gan	Nanchang	豬崽子
	Lichuan	豬崽兒
	Pingxiang	豬崽仔
Hakka	Meixian	乳豬
	Yudu	豬子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豬子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細豬仔, 豬子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豬子, 乳豬仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豬子, 細豬子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豬子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豬幺
	Hong Kong	豬仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	豬仔
Huizhou	Jixi	細豬
Jin	Taiyuan	豬娃子
	Xinzhou	豬娃子, 小豬子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	豨仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	豬囝
	Fuzhou (Changle)	豬囝
	Fuqing	豬囝
	Yongtai	豬囝
	Gutian	豬囝
	Fu'an	豬囝
	Ningde	豬囝
	Shouning	豬囝
	Zhouning	豬囝
	Fuding	豬囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	豬仔囝, 豬豚仔
	Quanzhou	豬仔
	Yongchun	豬囝
	Zhangzhou	豬仔囝, 豬仔嬰, 豬豚仔
	Kaohsiung	豬仔囝
	Yilan	豬仔囝
	Changhua (Lukang)	豬仔囝
	Taichung	豬仔囝
	Taichung (Wuqi)	豬仔囝
	Tainan	豬仔囝
	Taitung	豬仔囝
	Hsinchu	豬仔囝
	Penghu (Magong)	豬仔囝
	Penang (Hokkien)	豬囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	豬囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	豬仔
	Shantou	豬囝
	Haifeng	豬仔
	Bangkok (Teochew)	豬囝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	豬囝
	Leizhou	豬囝
	Haikou	豬囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	豬崽
Wu	Shanghai	小豬玀
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小豬農
	Suzhou	小豬
	Danyang	小豬
	Hangzhou	小肉豬
	Ningbo	小豬
	Wenzhou	豬兒
	Jinhua	小豬
Xiang	Changsha	豬崽子
	Loudi	豬崽唧

Dialectal synonyms of 小豬 (“piglet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		豕, 彘, 豬, 豨, 豚, 㣇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豬
Taxonomic name		豬
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	豬
	Taiwan	豬
	Chengde	豬
	Chifeng	豬
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	豬
	Heihe	豬
	Qiqihar	豬
	Harbin	豬
	Jiamusi	豬
	Baicheng	豬
	Changchun	豬
	Tonghua	豬
	Shenyang	豬
	Jinzhou	豬
	Malaysia	豬
	Singapore	豬
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	豬
	Tangshan	豬
	Cangzhou	豬
	Baoding	豬
	Shijiazhuang	豬
	Lijin	豬
	Jinan	豬, 黑貓子 Hui, 黑牲口 Hui
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	豬
	Dandong	豬
	Yantai	豬
	Yantai (Muping)	豬子
	Qingdao	豬
	Zhucheng	豬
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	豬
	Lingbao	豬
	Jining	豬
	Wanrong	豬
	Linfen	豬
	Shangqiu	豬
	Yuanyang	豬
	Zhengzhou	豬
	Xinyang	豬
	Baihe	豬
	Xi'an	豬, 嘮嘮
	Baoji	豬
	Tianshui	豬
	Xining	豬
	Xuzhou	豬, 玀玀
	Fuyang	豬
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	黑黑, 哼孜兒, 豬
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	豬, 黑子 Hui, 哼哼 Hui, 狠賊勒 Hui
	Lanzhou	豬
	Hami	豬
	Ürümqi	豬, 豬佬佬
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	豬
	Nanchong	豬
	Dazhou	豬
	Hanyuan	豬
	Xichang	豬
	Zigong	豬
	Chongqing	豬
	Wuhan	豬
	Yichang	豬
	Xiangyang	豬
	Tianmen	豬
	Guiyang	豬
	Zunyi	豬
	Bijie	豬
	Liping	豬
	Zhaotong	豬
	Dali	豬
	Kunming	豬
	Mengzi	豬
	Guilin	豬
	Liuzhou	豬
	Jishou	豬
	Changde	豬
	Hanzhong	豬
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	豬
	Yangzhou	豬
	Lianyungang	豬
	Lianshui	豬
	Nantong	豬
	Anqing	豬
	Wuhu	豬
	Hefei	豬
	Hong'an	豬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	豬
	Hong Kong	豬
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	豬
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	豬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	豬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	豬
	Macau	豬
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	豬
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	豬
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	豬
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	豬
	Foshan	豬
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	豬
	Foshan (Shunde)	豬
	Foshan (Sanshui)	豬
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	豬
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	豬
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	豬
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	豬
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	豬
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	豬
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	豬
	Taishan	豬
	Kaiping (Chikan)	豬
	Enping (Niujiang)	豬
	Heshan (Yayao)	豬
	Dongguan	豬
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	豬
	Yangjiang	豬
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	豬
	Penang (Guangfu)	豬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	豬
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	豬, 㺧
	Móng Cái	豬, 𤞼
Gan	Nanchang	豬
	Lichuan	豬
	Pingxiang	豬
Hakka	Meixian	豬
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	豬
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	豬
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	豬
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	豬
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	豬
	Changting	豬, 長嘴筒 argot
	Yudu	豬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豬仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豬仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豬仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豬
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豬仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豬
	Hong Kong	豬
	Sabah (Longchuan)	豬
	Senai (Huiyang)	豬
Huizhou	Jixi	豬
	Shexian	豬
	Shitai (Xianyu)	豬
Jin	Taiyuan	豬, 豬兒
	Pingyao	豬兒
	Yangyuan	豬
	Datong	豬
	Xinzhou	豬
	Lüliang (Lishi)	豬
	Changzhi	豬
	Linhe	豬
	Jining	豬
	Hohhot	豬
	Erenhot	豬
	Pingshan	豬
	Zhangjiakou	豬
	Handan	豬
	Linzhou	豬
	Suide	豬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	豨
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	豨
	Songxi	豨
	Zhenghe	豨
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	豨
	Jianyang	豨
	Jianyang (Huangkeng)	豨
	Wuyishan	豨
	Pucheng (Shibei)	豨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	豬
	Fuzhou (Changle)	豬
	Lianjiang	豬
	Fuqing	豬
	Pingtan	豬
	Yongtai	豬
	Minqing	豬
	Gutian	豬
	Pingnan	豬
	Luoyuan	豬
	Fu'an	豬
	Ningde	豬
	Xiapu	豬
	Zherong	豬
	Shouning	豬
	Zhouning	豬
	Fuding	豬
	Matsu	豬
Southern Min	Xiamen	豬, 豬仔
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	豬
	Quanzhou	豬
	Jinjiang	豬
	Nan'an	豬
	Shishi	豬
	Hui'an	豬
	Anxi	豬
	Yongchun	豬
	Dehua	豬
	Zhangzhou	豬, 豬仔
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	豬
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	豬
	Hua'an	豬
	Nanjing	豬
	Pinghe	豬
	Zhangpu	豬
	Yunxiao	豬
	Zhao'an	豬
	Dongshan	豬
	Yilan	豬
	Tainan	豬仔
	Kinmen	豬
	Penang (Hokkien)	豬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	豬
	Manila (Hokkien)	豬
	Medan (Hokkien)	豬
	Longyan	豬
	Zhangping	豬
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	豬
	Datian	豨
	Chaozhou	豬, 老豬
	Shantou	豬
	Jieyang	豬, 猧
	Haifeng	豬
	Bangkok (Teochew)	豬
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	豬
	Singapore (Teochew)	豬
	Leizhou	豬
	Wenchang	豬
	Haikou	豬
	Singapore (Hainanese)	豬
Puxian Min	Putian	豬
Central Min	Yong'an	豨
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	豨
	Sanming (Shaxian)	豨
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	豬
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	豬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	豬
Shehua	Fu'an	豬
	Fuding	豬
	Luoyuan	豬
	Sanming	豬
	Shunchang	豬
	Hua'an	豬
	Guixi (Zhangping)	豬
	Cangnan	豬
	Jingning (Hexi)	豬
	Lishui	豬
	Longyou	豬
	Chaozhou	豬
	Fengshun	豬
Wu	Shanghai	豬玀, 玀玀 childish, 豬玀玀 childish
	Shanghai (Chongming)	豬農
	Suzhou	豬, 豬玀, 豬玀玀, 玀玀
	Danyang	玀玀 childish
	Hangzhou	豬玀
	Ningbo	豬玀, 嘵豬, 泥豬, 愚豬
	Wenzhou	豬
	Jinhua	豬
Xiang	Changsha	豬, 寶樓
	Loudi	豬
	Shuangfeng	豬

Dialectal synonyms of 豬 (“pig; swine”) [map]

Compounds

• 么豚暮鷚
• 信及豚魚 / 信及豚鱼
• 兩廡豚 / 两庑豚
• 化及豚魚 / 化及豚鱼
• 圈豚
• 土豚 (tǔtún)
• 孤豚
• 孤豚腐鼠
• 戴雞佩豚 / 戴鸡佩豚
• 敝鼓喪豚 / 敝鼓丧豚
• 景升豚犬
• 梅河豚
• 楊豚 / 杨豚
• 江豚 (jiāngtún)
• 河豚 (hétún, “blowfish”)
• 海豚 (hǎitún, “dolphin”)
• 海豚座 (Hǎitúnzuò)
• 海豚泳
• 炮豚
• 烝豚
• 蒸豚
• 燔黍捭豚
• 燔黍擘豚
• 珠豚
• 瘠牛僨豚 / 瘠牛偾豚
• 瘠牛羸豚
• 白鰭豚 / 白鳍豚 (báiqítún)
• 豚佩
• 豚兒 / 豚儿 (tún'ér)
• 豚兒犬子 / 豚儿犬子
• 豚子
• 豚尾
• 豚拍
• 豚柵 / 豚栅
• 豚犢 / 豚犊
• 豚犬 (túnquǎn)
• 豚耳
• 豚肘
• 豚肩
• 豚胉
• 豚脅 / 豚胁
• 豚腸草 / 豚肠草
• 豚臑
• 豚草 (túncǎo, “common ragweed”)
• 豚解
• 豚豚
• 豚蹄
• 豚蹄穰田
• 豚酒
• 豚醪
• 豚魚 / 豚鱼
• 豚鼠 (túnshǔ, “guinea pig”)
• 豭豚
• 賁豚 / 贲豚
• 雞豚 / 鸡豚 (jītún)
• 雞豚之息 / 鸡豚之息
• 雞豚社 / 鸡豚社
• 飲豚 / 饮豚
• 鱖豚 / 鳜豚
• 黍豚

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 豚 – see 䐁 (“vulva”). (This character is a variant form of 䐁).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 豚 – see 墩 (“mound”). (This character is an obsolete form of 墩).

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 豚

豚

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: どん (don)
• Kan-on: とん (ton, Jōyō)
• Kun: ぶた (buta, 豚, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 豚(とん)カツ (tonkatsu, “tonkatsu”)
• 豚(とん)血(けつ)下(した)地(じ) (tonketsushitaji)
• 豚(とん)犬(けん) (tonken, “pig and dog; fool; my child”)
• 豚(とん)骨(こつ) (tonkotsu, “tonkotsu”)
• 豚(とん)コレラ (tonkorera): hog cholera
• 豚(とん)脂(し) (tonshi, “lard”)
• 豚(とん)児(じ) (tonji, “piglet; my child”)
• 豚(とん)舎(しゃ) (tonsha, “pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept)”)
• 豚(とん)汁(じる) (tonjiru)
• 豚(とん)足(そく) (tonsoku, “pig's trotters”)
• 河豚(ふぐ) (fugu), 河(か)豚(とん) (katon): blowfish
• 養豚(ようとん) (yōton, “porciculture”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
豚
ぶた Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
豕

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

ブタ

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English Wikipedia has an article on:

Domestic pig

Wikipedia

First attested in the mid-Muromachi period, some time in the late 1480s.^[1]

Derivation ultimately unknown.

Some sources list possible theories:^[2][3][4]

• A shift from 太 (futo, “fatty (fat individual), fatness”)

  The vowel shift and voicing required to go from futo to buta seem problematic, considering Japanese sound shift patterns.

• Cognate with Okinawan ぶたさん (butasan, “fat”).
• An onomatopoeia from the sound the animal makes, realized in Japanese as ブー (bū)

  The final -ta remains unexplained.

• Some combination of the two above
• A shift from 猪太 (ibuto, literally “swine + fatty”)

  Attestable online, but not found in Japanese etymological resources. Difficult to judge provenance or timing.

• A borrowing from Korean or Mongolian

  Neither Korean 돼지 (dwaeji, “pig”) nor Mongolian гахай (gaxaj, “pig”) show any phonological resemblance to buta, ruling out these possibilities.

The word butakal appears in several languages of the Philippines with a sense of boar (male pig), suggesting a possible source. However, any connection with an Austronesian language is only speculation.

The kanji is from Chinese 豚 (tún, “suckling pig”). Compare Japanese 猪 (inoshishi, “boar”) from Chinese 猪 (zhū, “pig”) and Japanese 猿 (saru, “monkey”) from Chinese 猿 (yuán, “ape”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶた [bùtá] (Heiban – [0])^[5]
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ta̠]

Noun

豚(ぶた) or 豚(ブタ) • (buta) 

1. [from late 1480s] pig; swine
2. [from 1703] (derogatory) a fat person, an unattractive woman
3. [from 1846] pork (the meat)
4. [from 1960] a wild boar

   Synonym: 猪 (i, inoshishi)

5. [from 1723] a hand of cards worth zero (such as 8–9–3 totalling 20, which is equivalent to zero), in Baccarat-like three-card games such as おいちょかぶ
   • 1723 (享保八年), 竹田出雲 [Takeda Izumo] and 和田文耕堂 [Matsuda Bunkōdō],〈大塔宮曦鎧〉 [Ōtō no Miya Asahi no Yoroi]

     しらがまじりがまく歌流多。かはゝ川越播磨(かはごへはりま)ノ守。六々八のひつはりぶた。先六はらのあたまをちよつる。次のかるたは八九三。是もめでたし鎌倉ぶた。根(ね)こぎにしやんとかき込(こみ)し親は。二三四のぼり九寸(がう)。

6. [from ???] (colloquial, poker) synonym of ハイカード (hai kādo, “high card”): a no pair, a hand without even a pair (probably a modification of the term for a zero-valued card hand)
   • 2000 July 7 [2000 May 17], Seimaru Amagi with Sato, Fumiya, “FILE(ファイル) 1(いち)　殺(さつ)人(じん)ポーカー　Unlucky Men in the Rain　〈問(もん)題(だい)編(へん)〉 [FILE 1: Murderous Poker: Unlucky Men in the Rain ‹Problem›]”, in 明智警視の優雅なる事件簿 [Superintendent Akechi Elegant Case Files], 3rd edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:

     赤(あか)菱(びし)さんのカードは８(はち)とＪ(ジャック)のツーペア‥‥三(みつ)矢(や)さんはＡ(エース)のスリーカード　雲(くも)間(ま)さんはＱ(クイーン)のワンペア　緑(みとり)川(かわ)さんは役なし(ブタ)‥‥

     Akabishi-san no kādo wa hachi to jakku no tsū-pea... Mitsuya-san wa ēsu no surī-kādo, Kumoma-san wa kuīn no wan-pea, Midorikawa-san wa buta...

     Akabishi-san’s hand would have a two pair, eights and jacks‥‥ Mitsuya-san’s a three of a kind, aces. Kumoma-san’s a one pair, queens. Midorikawa-san’s a high card...

Usage notes

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ブタ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 豚(ぶた)尾(お)猿(ざる) (butaozaru, “southern pig-tailed macaque”)
• 豚(ぶた)草(くさ) (butakusa, “common ragweed”)
• 豚(ぶた)小(ご)屋(や) (butagoya, “pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept); pigsty (dirty or very untidy place)”)
• 豚(ぶた)しゃぶ (butashabu)
• 豚(ぶた)汁(じる) (butajiru, “pork miso soup”)
• 豚(ぶた)丼(どん) (butadon): pork donburi
• 豚(ぶた)肉(にく) (butaniku), 豚(とん)肉(にく) (tonniku, “pork”)
• 豚(ぶた)の饅(まん)頭(じゅう) (buta no manjū, “cyclamen”)
• 豚(ぶた)箱(ばこ) (butabako, “police cell”)
• 豚(ぶた)鼻(ばな)蝙蝠(こうもり) (butabanakōmori, “Kitti's hog-nosed bat”)
• 豚(ぶた)饅(まん) (butaman, “nikuman”)
• 猪(いの)豚(ぶた) (inobuta, “wild boar-pig hybrid”)
• 海豚(いるか) (iruka, “dolphin”)
• 黒(くろ)豚(ぶた) (kurobuta, “Berkshire pig”)
• 酢(す)豚(ぶた) (subuta, “sweet-and-sour pork”)
• 土(つち)豚(ぶた) (tsuchibuta, “aardvark”)
• ミニ豚(ぶた) (minibuta, “minipig”)
• 焼(や)き豚(ぶた) (yakibuta, “char siu, a style of barbecue pork wherein the meat is trussed, marinated, skewered, and then roasted”)

Idioms

• 豚(ぶた)に真(しん)珠(じゅ) (buta ni shinju, “pearls before swine”)
• 豚(ぶた)もおだてりゃ木(き)に登(ぼ)る (buta mo odaterya ki ni boru)

Descendants

• → Ainu: プタ (puta)

See also

• 猪 (i, inoshishi, “wild boar”)
• アグー (agū, “Okinawan pig breed”)

References

1. “豚・豕”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
2. “ブタ／豚／ぶた”, in 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2003–2025.
3. 日本辞典 (Nihon Jiten, “Japan Dictionary”), entry for buta available online here (in Japanese)
4. 由来・語源辞典 (Yurai / Gogen Jiten, “Derivation / Etymology Dictionary”), entry for buta available online here (in Japanese)
5. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 豚 (MC dwon).

Recorded as Middle Korean 똔 (Yale: ttwon) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 돈 (twon) (Yale: twon) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

豚

Wikisource 豚 (eumhun 돼지 돈 (dwaeji don))

1. hanja form^? of 돈 (“pig”)

Compounds

• 돈육 (豚肉, donyuk)
• 돈피 (豚皮, donpi)
• 양돈 (養豚, yangdon)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Okinawan

Kanji

See also:

Category:Okinawan terms spelled with 豚

豚

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Kun: っわー ('wā)

Etymology

/ʔuwaː/ → /ʔwaː/

From Proto-Ryukyuan *uwa. Cognate with Yoron っわー ('wā, “pig”), Tokunoshima っわー ('wā, “pig”), Miyako わー (wā, vā, “pig”), Yaeyama おー (ō, “pig”), Yonaguni わー (wā, “pig”).

Likely not related to Japanese 豚 (buta, “pig, swine, hog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔwaː]

Noun

豚(っわー) ('wā) 

1. a pig, hog, swine

References

• “っわー・うゎー・ぅわー【豚・豕】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Vietnamese

Han character

豚: Hán Nôm readings: đồn

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