Radical 犭

11 strokes

豬

dog 犭 (263a) + specialist 者 (261) = pig 猪

Character 263 means “pig”, but you probably remember that we already had a character for “pig” (109a). We have seen this happen already a number of times — for example, there were two characters for “river”.

This isn’t a problem, as we are always working in the Chinese to english direction. If you see Character 263 and remember the story, then you will remember that the character means “pig” (however many other characters there are that also mean “pig”).

This is just as well, as a third pig will be coming along in Chapter 27!

[猪肉 (221) zhūròu pork]

The dog specialist (in the poodle parlor) looked up, astonished, as a customer brought a pig into the shop. / The giant wanted a jeweled collar (for his pet pig).

Recall that this is a distorted form of 犬 “dog” (238a).