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豮

豶
fén
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) a gelded (castrated) pig

Examples

HSK 7-9
古书里豮指阉过的猪。
Gǔshū lǐ fén zhǐ yān guò de zhū.
In classical writing this character means a gelded pig.

Tips

history
豮 is not used in modern Chinese; it is a classical word for a castrated pig, best known from the hexagram phrase 豮豕 in the Book of Changes. It is the pig radical 豕 plus the phonetic 贲, which also feeds 愤 and 喷.
register
Classical only; modern Chinese just says 猪 for pig.

Components

radical
豕 shǐ
pig; swine
豕 is the pig radical, a pictograph of a hog with its bristled back and legs. It supplies the meaning: 豮 is a specific kind of pig.
phonetic
贲 bēn
energetic; ornate (phonetic)
贲 supplies the sound (bēn drifted to fén). The same phonetic appears in 愤 and 偾, a bēn / fèn family.

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Stroke Order

豮 fén