Zi:豬

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(S​) [zhū] pig; 豬​ 12th year

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹zhū [​] {A} n. pig; hog; swineb.f. a symbol of man's stupidity ►chǔnzhū 蠢猪

(Explanation from the entry for the simple form ​:) The Shuōwén Seal form of ​/豬(​􁧜) zhū ‘(dense-bristled) pig’ combines ​/​(​􁧚) shǐ ‘pig’, and ​(​􀦅) zhě/zhù/zhū (phonosemantic).
    Note: SW describes ​/豬(​􁧜) zhū ← MC /ʈjo/ as a dense-bristled variety of ​(​􁧚) shǐ ‘pig’ with densely-packed bristles (three hairs ‘dwelling in’ each follicle), punning on ​/​(​􂠃) jū ‘squat/dwell’ ← MC /kjo/ (SBGY), cf. ​(​􁎞􁎟𠖔); pigs are said to have been domesticated (first captured and raised for food) some 8,000 years ago (HDZ).
    Compare: ​ dù/dǔ ‘belly/tripe’, formerly also wr. ​; 豬 zhū ‘pig’, formerly also wr. ​.
    Compare: ​(​􀲙) zhù ‘(bamboo) chopsticks’; ​/​ zhū ‘puddle/pool/pond/lake’, also wr. 豬/​.
   
►references: Karlgren:GSR45h; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3616.4; Mathews:1357; Guǎngyùn:069.41; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1198.02; EDOC:1
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