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猪 = 犭 + 者

猪 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “boar”. It is built from 犭 (pack of wild dogs) and 者 (someone). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1352.

Keyword
boar
RTK frame
1352
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
チョ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
い, いのしし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
кабан
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
猪 pig

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 犭 pack of wild dogs
  2. 者 someone

How to find 猪 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “pack of wild dogs” + “someone”. 猪 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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