豚

豚	U+8C5A, 豚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C5A

← 豙
[U+8C59]

CJK Unified Ideographs

豛 →
[U+8C5B]

Translingual

Han character

豚 (Kangxi radical 152, 豕+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月一尸人 (BMSO), four-corner 7123₂, composition ⿰月豕)

small pig, suckling pig
used in names for dolphins and porpoises in combination with other characters, such as in 海豚 (dolphin).

Derived characters

遯, 𧲝

References

KangXi: page 1194, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36352
Dae Jaweon: page 1657, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3611, character 8
Unihan data for U+8C5A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 豚
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (豚) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
豚	*duːn
遯	duːnʔ, duːns

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 肉 (“meat”) + 豕 (“pig”).

Etymology 1

trad.		豚
simp. ^#		豚
alternative forms		豘肫

Probably related to 彖 (OC *l̥ʰoːns, “running pig”) and 貒 (OC *tʰoːn, “hog badger”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Outside of Chinese, it is probably related to Proto-Mien *duŋᴮ (“pig”) (Sagart, 1999; Schuessler, 2007; Ratliff, 2010).

Vovin speculates a link to Common Turkic *toŋuz (“pig”) and Middle Korean 돝 (twòth, “pig”) (Vovin, 2011).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tún (tun²)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùn
Min Nan (POJ): thûn
Wu (Wiktionary): den (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tún
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tún
  - Wade–Giles: tʻun²
  - Yale: twún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twen
  - Palladius: тунь (tunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰwən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tyun⁴
  - Yale: tyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tün⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùn
  - Hakka Romanization System: tunˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tun²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰun¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thûn
  - Tâi-lô: thûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tuun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰun²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰun¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰun²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰun²³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: den (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥əɲ²³/

Middle Chinese: /duən/

Rime
Character	豚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒渾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duən/
Pan Wuyun	/duon/
Shao Rongfen	/duən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dwən/
Li Rong	/duən/
Wang Li	/duən/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	teon⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤu[n]/
(Zhengzhang): /*duːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	豚
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tún
Middle Chinese	‹ dwon ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁu[n]/
English	young pig
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	豚
Reading #	1/1
No.	12582
Phonetic component	豚
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	屯
Old Chinese	/*duːn/

豚

Definitions

豚

piglet; suckling pig
(by extension) pig
a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小豬 (“piglet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		豚, 豯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小豬
Mandarin	Beijing	小豬兒
	Taiwan	小豬
	Yantai (Muping)	小豬兒
	Jinan	小豬, 小豬兒, 豬崽兒, 豬崽子
	Luoyang	豬崽子
	Wanrong	豬娃
	Xi'an	豬娃兒, 豬娃子
	Yinchuan	豬娃子
	Lanzhou	豬娃子
	Xining	尕豬娃兒
	Ürümqi	豬娃子
	Wuhan	豬娃, 小豬娃, 小豬
	Huanggang	奶豬兒
	Chengdu	豬崽崽, 豬兒子, 小豬兒
	Guiyang	小豬崽, 小豬兒
	Liuzhou	豬崽
	Xuzhou	豬秧子
	Yangzhou	豬秧子
	Nanjing	豬秧子, 豬秧
	Singapore	小豬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	豬仔
	Hong Kong	豬仔
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	豬仔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	豬仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	豬仔
	Taishan	豬仔
	Dongguan	豬仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	豬仔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	豬仔
Gan	Nanchang	豬崽子
	Lichuan	豬崽兒
	Pingxiang	豬崽仔
Hakka	Yudu	豬子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豬子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細豬仔, 豬子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豬子, 乳豬仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豬子, 細豬子
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豬子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豬幺
	Hong Kong	豬仔
	Senai (Huiyang)	豬仔
Huizhou	Jixi	細豬
Jin	Taiyuan	豬娃子
Jin	Xinzhou	豬娃子, 小豬子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	豨仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	豬囝
	Changle	豬囝
	Fuqing	豬囝
	Yongtai	豬囝
	Gutian	豬囝
	Fu'an	豬囝
	Ningde	豬囝
	Shouning	豬囝
	Zhouning	豬囝
	Fuding	豬囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	豬仔囝, 豬豚仔
	Quanzhou	豬仔
	Zhangzhou	豬仔囝, 豬仔嬰, 豬豚仔
	Kaohsiung	豬仔囝
	Yilan	豬仔囝
	Changhua (Lukang)	豬仔囝
	Taichung	豬仔囝
	Taichung (Wuqi)	豬仔囝
	Tainan	豬仔囝
	Taitung	豬仔囝
	Hsinchu	豬仔囝
	Penghu (Magong)	豬仔囝
	Penang (Hokkien)	豬囝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	豬囝
	Shantou	豬囝
	Haifeng	豬仔
	Bangkok (Teochew)	豬囝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	豬囝
	Leizhou	豬囝
	Haikou	豬囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	豬崽
Wu	Shanghai	小豬玀
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小豬農
	Suzhou	小豬
	Danyang	小豬
	Hangzhou	小肉豬
	Ningbo	小豬
	Wenzhou	豬兒
	Jinhua	小豬
Xiang	Changsha	豬崽子
Xiang	Loudi	豬崽唧

Dialectal synonyms of 豬 (“pig; swine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		豕, 彘, 豬, 豨, 豚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豬
Taxonomic name		豬
Mandarin	Beijing	豬
	Taiwan	豬
	Tianjin	豬
	Tangshan	豬
	Cangzhou	豬
	Baoding	豬
	Shijiazhuang	豬
	Chifeng	豬
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	豬
	Harbin	豬
	Shenyang	豬
	Yantai (Muping)	豬子
	Qingdao	豬
	Jinan	豬, 黑貓子 Hui, 黑牲口 Hui
	Luoyang	豬
	Wanrong	豬
	Zhengzhou	豬
	Xi'an	豬, 嘮嘮
	Yinchuan	豬, 黑子 Hui, 哼哼 Hui, 恨賊勒 Hui
	Lanzhou	豬
	Xining	豬
	Ürümqi	豬佬佬
	Wuhan	豬
	Chengdu	豬
	Chongqing	豬
	Guiyang	豬
	Kunming	豬
	Guilin	豬
	Liuzhou	豬
	Xuzhou	豬, 玀玀
	Yangzhou	豬
	Nanjing	豬
	Hefei	豬
	Nantong	豬
	Malaysia	豬
	Singapore	豬
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	黑黑, 哼孜兒, 豬
Cantonese	Guangzhou	豬
	Hong Kong	豬
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	豬
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	豬
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	豬
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	豬
	Macau	豬
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	豬
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	豬
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	豬
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	豬
	Foshan	豬
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	豬
	Foshan (Shunde)	豬
	Foshan (Sanshui)	豬
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	豬
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	豬
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	豬
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	豬
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	豬
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	豬
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	豬
	Taishan	豬
	Kaiping (Chikan)	豬
	Enping (Niujiang)	豬
	Heshan (Yayao)	豬
	Dongguan	豬
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	豬
	Yangjiang	豬
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	豬
	Penang (Guangfu)	豬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	豬
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	豬, 㺧
	Móng Cái	豬, 𤞼
Gan	Nanchang	豬
	Lichuan	豬
	Pingxiang	豬
Hakka	Meixian	豬
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	豬
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	豬
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	豬
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	豬
	Conghua (Lütian)	豬
	Changting	豬, 長嘴筒 argot
	Yudu	豬
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	豬仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	豬仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	豬仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	豬
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	豬仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	豬
	Hong Kong	豬
	Sabah (Longchuan)	豬
	Senai (Huiyang)	豬
Huizhou	Jixi	豬
	Shexian	豬
	Shitai (Xianyu)	豬
Jin	Taiyuan	豬, 豬兒
	Pingyao	豬兒
	Xinzhou	豬
	Linhe	豬
	Jining	豬
	Hohhot	豬
	Zhangjiakou	豬
	Handan	豬
Min Bei	Jian'ou	豨
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	豨
	Songxi	豨
	Zhenghe	豨
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	豨
	Jianyang	豨
	Jianyang (Huangkeng)	豨
	Wuyishan	豨
	Pucheng (Shibei)	豨
Min Dong	Fuzhou	豬
	Changle	豬
	Lianjiang	豬
	Fuqing	豬
	Pingtan	豬
	Yongtai	豬
	Minqing	豬
	Gutian	豬
	Pingnan	豬
	Luoyuan	豬
	Fu'an	豬
	Ningde	豬
	Xiapu	豬
	Zherong	豬
	Shouning	豬
	Zhouning	豬
	Fuding	豬
	Matsu	豬
Min Nan	Xiamen	豬, 豬仔
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	豬
	Quanzhou	豬
	Jinjiang	豬
	Nan'an	豬
	Shishi	豬
	Hui'an	豬
	Anxi	豬
	Yongchun	豬
	Dehua	豬
	Zhangzhou	豬, 豬仔
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	豬
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	豬
	Hua'an	豬
	Nanjing	豬
	Pinghe	豬
	Zhangpu	豬
	Yunxiao	豬
	Zhao'an	豬
	Dongshan	豬
	Yilan	豬
	Tainan	豬仔
	Kinmen	豬
	Penang (Hokkien)	豬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	豬
	Manila (Hokkien)	豬
	Longyan	豬
	Zhangping	豬
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	豬
	Datian	豨
	Chaozhou	豬, 老豬
	Shantou	豬
	Jieyang	豬, 猧
	Haifeng	豬
	Bangkok (Teochew)	豬
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	豬
	Singapore (Teochew)	豬
	Leizhou	豬
	Wenchang	豬
	Haikou	豬
	Singapore (Hainanese)	豬
Puxian Min	Putian	豬
Min Zhong	Yong'an	豨
	Sanyuan	豨
	Shaxian	豨
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	豬
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	豬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	豬
Shehua	Fu'an	豬
	Fuding	豬
	Luoyuan	豬
	Sanming	豬
	Shunchang	豬
	Hua'an	豬
	Guixi (Zhangping)	豬
	Cangnan	豬
	Jingning	豬
	Lishui	豬
	Longyou	豬
	Chaozhou	豬
	Fengshun	豬
Wu	Shanghai	豬玀, 玀玀 childish, 豬玀玀 childish
	Shanghai (Chongming)	豬農
	Suzhou	豬, 豬玀, 豬玀玀, 玀玀
	Danyang	玀玀 childish
	Hangzhou	豬玀
	Ningbo	豬玀, 嘵豬, 泥豬, 愚豬
	Wenzhou	豬
	Jinhua	豬
Xiang	Changsha	豬, 寶樓
	Loudi	豬
	Shuangfeng	豬

Compounds

圈豚
土豚 (tǔtún)
孤豚
孤豚腐鼠
梅河豚
江豚 (jiāngtún)
河豚 (hétún, “blowfish”)
海豚 (hǎitún, “dolphin”)
海豚座 (Hǎitúnzuò)
海豚泳
炮豚
烝豚
燔黍捭豚
燔黍擘豚
珠豚
瘠牛羸豚
蒸豚
豚佩
豚子
豚尾
豚拍

豚犬 (túnquǎn)
豚耳
豚肘
豚肩
豚胉
豚臑
豚草 (túncǎo, “common ragweed”)
豚解
豚豚
豚蹄
豚蹄
豚蹄穰田
豚酒
豚醪
豚鼠 (túnshǔ, “guinea pig”)
豭豚
黍豚
景升豚犬
么豚暮鷚／么豚暮鹨
信及豚魚／信及豚鱼

兩廡豚／两庑豚
化及豚魚／化及豚鱼
戴雞佩豚／戴鸡佩豚
敝鼓喪豚／敝鼓丧豚
楊豚／杨豚
瘠牛僨豚／瘠牛偾豚
白鰭豚／白鳍豚 (báiqítún)
豚兒／豚儿 (tún'ér)
豚兒犬子／豚儿犬子
豚柵／豚栅
豚犢／豚犊
豚脅／豚胁
豚腸草／豚肠草
豚魚／豚鱼
賁豚／贲豚
雞豚／鸡豚 (jītún)
雞豚之息／鸡豚之息
雞豚社／鸡豚社
飲豚／饮豚
鱖豚／鳜豚

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 豚 – see 䐁 (“vulva; the buttocks, rump; etc.”). (This character, 豚, is a variant form of 䐁.)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 豚 – see 墩 (“mound”). (This character, 豚, is an obsolete form of 墩.)

Japanese

Kanji

豚

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: どん (don)
Kan-on: とん (ton, Jōyō)
Kun: ぶた (buta, 豚, Jōyō)

Compounds

猪(いの)豚(ぶた) (inobuta, “wild boar-pig hybrid”)
海豚(いるか) (iruka, “dolphin”)
黒(くろ)豚(ぶた) (kurobuta, “Berkshire pig”)
酢(す)豚(ぶた) (subuta, “sweet-and-sour pork”)
土(つち)豚(ぶた) (tsuchibuta, “aardvark”)
豚(とん)カツ (tonkatsu, “tonkatsu”)
豚(とん)血(けつ)下(した)地(じ) (tonketsushitaji)
豚(とん)犬(けん) (tonken, “pig and dog; fool; my child”)
豚(とん)骨(こつ) (tonkotsu, “tonkotsu”)
豚(とん)コレラ (tonkorera): hog cholera
豚(とん)脂(し) (tonshi, “lard”)
豚(とん)児(じ) (tonji, “piglet; my child”)
豚(とん)舎(しゃ) (tonsha, “pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept)”)
豚(とん)汁(じる) (tonjiru), 豚(ぶた)汁(じる) (butajiru, “pork miso soup”)
豚(とん)足(そく) (tonsoku, “pig's trotters”)
河豚(ふぐ) (fugu), 河(か)豚(とん) (katon): blowfish
豚(ぶた)尾(お)猿(ざる) (butaozaru, “southern pig-tailed macaque”)
豚(ぶた)草(くさ) (butakusa, “common ragweed”)
豚(ぶた)小(ご)屋(や) (butagoya, “pigsty (enclosure where pigs are kept); pigsty (dirty or very untidy place)”)
豚(ぶた)しゃぶ (butashabu)
豚(ぶた)肉(にく) (butaniku), 豚(とん)肉(にく) (tonniku, “pork”)
豚(ぶた)に真(しん)珠(じゅ) (buta ni shinju, “pearls before swine”)
豚(ぶた)の饅(まん)頭(じゅう) (buta no manjū, “cyclamen”)
豚(ぶた)箱(ばこ) (butabako, “police cell”)
豚(ぶた)鼻(ばな)蝙蝠(こうもり) (butabanakōmori, “Kitti's hog-nosed bat”)
豚(ぶた)饅(まん) (butaman, “nikuman”)
豚(ぶた)もおだてりゃ木(き)に登(ぼ)る (buta mo odaterya ki ni boru)
ミニ豚(ぶた) (minibuta, “minipig”)
焼(や)き豚(ぶた) (yakibuta, “char siu, a style of barbecue pork wherein the meat is trussed, marinated, skewered, and then roasted”)
養豚(ようとん) (yōton, “porciculture”)
豚(ぶた)丼(どん) (butadon): pork donburi

Etymology

Kanji in this term
豚
ぶた Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
豕

First attested in the mid-Muromachi period, some time in the late 1480s.[1]

Derivation ultimately unknown.

Some sources list possible theories:[2][3][4]

A shift from 太 (futo, “fatty (fat individual), fatness”)
The vowel shift and voicing required to go from futo to buta seem problematic, considering Japanese sound shift patterns.
An onomatopoeia from the sound the animal makes, realized in Japanese as ブー (bū)
The final -ta remains unexplained.
Some combination of the two above
A shift from 猪太 (ibuto, literally “swine + fatty”)
Attestable online, but not found in Japanese etymological resources. Difficult to judge provenance or timing.
A borrowing from Korean or Mongolian
Neither Korean 돼지 (dwaeji, “pig”) nor Mongolian гахай (gaxaj, “pig”) show any phonological resemblance to buta, ruling out these possibilities.

The word butakal appears in several languages of the Philippines with a sense of boar (male pig), suggesting a possible source. However, any connection with an Austronesian language is only speculation.

The kanji is from Chinese 豚 (“suckling pig”). Compare Japanese 猪 (inoshishi, “boar”) from Chinese 猪 (“pig”) and Japanese 猿 (saru, “monkey”) from Chinese 猿 (“ape”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぶた [bùtá] (Heiban – [0])[5]
IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝta̠]

Noun

豚(ぶた) • (buta)

[from late 1480s] pig; swine
[from 1703] (derogatory) a fat person, an unattractive woman
[from 1846] pork (the meat)
[from 1960] a wild boar
Synonym: 猪 (i, inoshishi)
[from 1723] a hand of cards worth zero (such as 8–9–3 totalling 20, which is equivalent to zero), in Baccarat-like three-card games such as おいちょかぶ
- 1723 (享保八年), 竹田出雲 [Takeda Izumo] and 和田文耕堂 [Matsuda Bunkōdō],〈大塔宮曦鎧〉 [Ōtō no Miya Asahi no Yoroi]
  しらがまじりがまく歌流多。かはゝ川越播磨(かはごへはりま)ノ守。六々八のひつはりぶた。先六はらのあたまをちよつる。次のかるたは八九三。是もめでたし鎌倉ぶた。根(ね)こぎにしやんとかき込(こみ)し親は。二三四のぼり九寸(がう)。
[from ???] (colloquial, poker) synonym of ハイカード (hai kādo, “high card”): a no pair, a hand without even a pair (probably a modification of the term for a zero-valued card hand)
- 2000 July 7 [May 17 2000], Amagi, Seimaru; Sato, Fumiya, “FILE(ファイル) 1(いち)　殺(さつ)人(じん)ポーカー　Unlucky Men in the Rain　〈問(もん)題(だい)編(へん)〉 [FILE 1: Murderous Poker: Unlucky Men in the Rain ‹Problem›]”, in 明智警視の優雅なる事件簿 [Superintendent Akechi Elegant Case Files] (fiction), 3rd edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
  赤(あか)菱(びし)さんのカードは８(はち)とＪ(ジャック)のツーペア‥‥三(みつ)矢(や)さんはＡ(エース)のスリーカード　雲(くも)間(ま)さんはＱ(クイーン)のワンペア　緑(みとり)川(かわ)さんは役なし(ブタ)‥‥
  Akabishi-san no kādo wa hachi to jakku no tsū-pea... Mitsuya-san wa ēsu no surī-kādo, Kumoma-san wa kuīn no wan-pea, Midorikawa-san wa buta...
  Akabishi-san’s hand would have a two pair, eights and jacks‥‥ Mitsuya-san’s a three of a kind, aces. Kumoma-san’s a one pair, queens. Midorikawa-san’s a high card...

Derived terms

→ Ainu: プタ (puta)

References

“豚・豕”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”), entry for buta available online here (in Japanese)
日本辞典 (Nihon Jiten, “Japan Dictionary”), entry for buta available online here (in Japanese)
由来・語源辞典 (Yurai / Gogen Jiten, “Derivation / Etymology Dictionary”), entry for buta available online here (in Japanese)
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 豚 (MC duən).

Recorded as Middle Korean 똔 (Yale: ttwon) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Recorded as Middle Korean 돈 (twon) (Yale: twon) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource豚 (eumhun 돼지 돈 (dwaeji don))

Hanja form^? of 돈 (“pig”).

Compounds

양돈 (養豚, yangdon)
돈육 (豚肉, donyuk)
돈피 (豚皮, donpi)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Okinawan

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豚

Readings

Kun: っわー ('wā)

Etymology

/ʔuwaː/ → /ʔwaː/

Cognate to Yoron っわー ('wā, “pig”), Toku-No-Shima っわー ('wā, “pig”), Miyako わー (wā, vā, “pig”), Yaeyama おー (ō, “pig”) and Yonaguni わー (wā, “pig”).

Possibly related to Japanese 豚 (buta, “pig, swine, hog”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʔwaː]

Noun

豚 (hiragana っわー, rōmaji 'wā)

a pig, hog, swine

References

“っわー・うゎー・ぅわー【豚・豕】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

Vietnamese

Han character

豚: Hán Nôm readings: đồn

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[KDJ2-1] “豚・豕”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

[2] 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”), entry for buta available online here (in Japanese)

[3] 日本辞典 (Nihon Jiten, “Japan Dictionary”), entry for buta available online here (in Japanese)

[4] 由来・語源辞典 (Yurai / Gogen Jiten, “Derivation / Etymology Dictionary”), entry for buta available online here (in Japanese)

[DJR-5] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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