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boar
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingチョ
Kun readingい、いのしし
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. boarRtK
  1. wild boar
  2. wild pig

Radicals and components

Radical犬dog犭variant
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pack of wild dogs · someone · puppet · sooty · old man · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1352

Compound words

豪猪やまあらし
porcupine
猪口ちょこ
sake cup
猪首いくび
bull neck
猪突ちょとつ
recklessness
猪苓ちょれい
umbrella polypore sclerotium (used as a diuretic, antipyretic, and antitussive in traditional Chinese medicine)
野猪やちょ
wild boar
疣猪いぼいのしし
warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus)
お猪口おちょこ
sake cup
御猪口おちょこ
sake cup
埴猪口へなちょこ
novice
猪口才ちょこざい
impertinent
猪武者いのししむしゃ
daredevil
猪突猛進ちょとつもうしん
headlong rush
猪苓舞茸ちょれいまいたけ
umbrella polypore (Polyporus umbellatus)

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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