The kanji 豚 represents "pig" or "swine." It refers to the domesticated animal known for its meat, the common pig.

・On-yomi (音読み): トン (ton) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ぶた (buta)

⚫︎豚肉 (ぶたにく) Translation: Pork (pig meat) ⚫︎豚小屋 (ぶたごや) Translation: Pigsty ⚫︎子豚 (こぶた) Translation: Piglet

The kanji 豚 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, けいせいいもじ). The semantic component (meaning part) is 豕 (し, "pig"), indicating the meaning. The phonetic component (sound part) is 彖 (たん, "a pig's bristles"), which contributes to the sound. The combination of these two elements creates the kanji for "pig."