pig
shǐ (shi3)
Radical no. 152 · 7 strokes (第 152 部首 · 7 画 dì 152 bùshǒu · 7 huà)
Radical ⾗ (shǐ) — meaning: pig, 7 strokes.
Origin & mnemonic
This radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone script depicting the shape of a pig, with its head and snout clearly represented.
Mnemonic: Remember the pig's distinctive pointed snout drooping down and its rounded, bulky body.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
18 characters- 象xiàng
elephant
11 strokes
- 豚tún
suckling pig
11 strokes
- 豜jiān
fully grown pig
11 strokes
- 豝bā
corned beef
11 strokes
- 豞hòu
grunting of pigs
12 strokes
- 豢huàn
to rear
13 strokes
- 豣jiān
variant of 豜[jian1]
13 strokes
- 豦qú
a wild boar
13 strokes
- 豪háo
grand
14 strokes
- 豨xī
swine
14 strokes
- 猪zhū
hog
HSK 315 strokes
- 豫yù
happy
15 strokes
- 豭jiā
boar
16 strokes
- 豮fén
gelded pig
16 strokes
- 豱wēn
short-headed pig
16 strokes
- 豳Bīn
name of an ancient county in Shaanxi
17 strokes
- 豷yì
breathing of pigs
19 strokes
- 䝓liè
old variant of 鬣[lie4]
22 strokes
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.