Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

1684 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: boar

Kunyomi: いのしし

Onyomi: チョ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: dog

Examples

Onyomi Examples

チョコ sake cup, small deep porcelain bowl for serving food

牙舟 チョキブネ small, roofless boat used as a river taxi (Edo period)

ヤチョ wild boar

ゲンチョ day of the boar in the tenth month, mochi eaten on the day of the boar (esp. at the time of the boar)

Kunyomi Examples

hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig)

いのしし wild boar, wild pig

いのしし wild boar, wild pig

いのししどし year of the Boar, year of the Pig

鹿 しかいのしし babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)

へそいのしし peccary