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豦

qú
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a wild boar; two animals locked in a fight (archaic)

Examples

我们昨晚看了一出精彩的戏剧。
Wǒmen zuówǎn kàn le yì chū jīngcǎi de xìjù.
We watched a wonderful play last night.

Tips

history
豦 ('a wild boar / locked in combat') is archaic and not used independently in modern Chinese. It survives as the phonetic in 剧 (drama / intense), 据 (to rely on / according to), and 醵 (to club together for a feast).

Components

radical
豕 shǐ
pig; boar
The 'pig' element is the wild boar itself and is the indexing radical for 豦.
semantic
虍 hū
tiger stripes
The 'tiger' top stands for a fierce beast; in 豦 it pictures a savage animal grappling with the boar below.

Stroke Order

豦 qú