猪zhū
a pig. 11 strokes, radical 犭, first met in HSK 3.
Pinyin zhūStrokes 11Radical 犭Band HSK 3Words 1
What 猪 is made of
犭 (quǎn, dog) and 者 (zhě, that which).
犭 carries the meaning — animal — and 者 carries the sound.
How to write 猪
Strokes 1–3 write 犭, then strokes 4–11 write 者.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 猪
Words that use 猪
| 猪 | a pig 身体肥壮、耳朵大大的家畜 圈舍里的猪长得又肥又壮。In the pen, pigs have grown fat and strong. Lesson 239, 田园农桑与万物生息 · 田园律动与生活哲思 · Country Life, Sport and Everyday Wisdom |
Characters that share the sound part 者
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 犭
All 13 of them, and what the radical means, on the 犭 radical page.