tún

small pig

Depicts the meat (⺼) from a small pig ().

Components
⺼ iconic component

  Iconic component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

豕 iconic component

  Iconic component

shǐ

  

pig

Evolution

豚 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
豚 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
豚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
豚 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
豚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tún

small pig, suckling pig; suffle; suckling pig

Most common words with 豚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

海豚

dolphin

河豚

puffer

豚鼠

guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)

suckling pig

江豚

river dolphin