Zi:猪

From Wenlin Dictionaries

(F​) [zhū] pig (​猪 ‘boar’, ​猪 ‘sow’, ​猪 ‘suckling’, ​猪 ‘piglet’); 猪​ pork; (​) 猪​ year of the pig (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

The Shuōwén Seal form of 猪/​ zhū ‘(dense-bristled) pig’ combines ​/​ shǐ ‘pig’, and ​ zhě/zhù/zhū (phonosemantic).
    Note: SW describes 猪/​ 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. ​; ​ zhū ‘pig’, formerly also wr. ​.
    Compare: ​ zhù ‘(bamboo) chopsticks’; ​/​ zhū ‘puddle/pool/pond/lake’, also wr. ​/​.
►references: Guǎngyùn:069.43; Karlgren:AD1187; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1351.9; Mathews:1357; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:714.26; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:201.0.06; EDOC:0
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