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豚

pork
Stroke count: 11

Readings

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JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. porkRtK
    豚肉は私には合わない。Pork doesn't agree with me.tatoeba
    豚肉から出るエキスが出汁となる。Extract of pork is used as a soup stock.wiki
  2. pig
  1. pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)
  2. fatso
  3. fatty

Synonyms

豚肉

Popular Usage

豚肉

Radicals and components

Radical豕pig
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · sow · pig

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 577

Compound words

豚肉ぶたにく
pork
豚骨とんこつ
pork bones; broth made from pork and pork bones
養豚ようとん
pig-keeping; pig farming
豚カツとんカツ
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
河豚ふぐ
puffer fish
海豚いるか
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)
黒豚くろぶた
Berkshire pig
焼豚やきぶた
roast pork
酢豚すぶた
sweet-and-sour pork
土豚つちぶた
aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
豚饅ぶたまん
steamed bun with minced pork filling
烏河豚からす
Chinese puffer (Takifugu chinensis)
焼き豚やきぶた
roast pork
鼠海豚ねずみいるか
harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
豚かつとんかつ
tonkatsu
小針海豚こはりいるか
Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)
小鯱海豚こしゃちいるか
Haviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii)
豚に真珠ぶたにしんじゅ
casting pearls before swine
奄美星空河豚アマミホシゾラフグ
white-spotted pufferfish (Torquigener albomaculosus)
支那薄色海豚しなうすいろいるか
Chinese white dolphin (Sousa chinensis chinensis)
大西洋鎌海豚たいせいようかまいるか
Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
大西洋斑海豚たいせいようまだらいるか
Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)

Additional Examples

彼の立派な演説も豚に真珠に等しかった。
His great oration was like pearls before swine.tatoeba
豚は太ってきている。
The pig is growing fat.tatoeba
豚の前に真珠を投げ与えるな。
Do not cast pearls before swine.tatoeba
東松山市のやきとりは、豚肉である。
Yakitori in Higashimatsuyama City uses pork.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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