The kanji 猪 primarily means "wild boar" or "pig." It refers to the animal known for its strength, tusks, and association with the wild.

・On-yomi (音読み): チョ (cho) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): いのしし (inoshishi)

⚫︎ 猪年 Translation: The year of the wild boar (in the Chinese zodiac). ⚫︎ 猪突猛進 Translation: Charging headlong; to rush forward recklessly (literally: wild boar sudden rush forward). ⚫︎ 猪肉 Translation: Pork (literally: wild boar meat).

The kanji 猪 is a pictographic compound character. The left side is the radical 犭, which is a variation of 犬, meaning "dog" or "animal." The right side 者 is phonetic component which originally depicted the head of a boar, combined it with the radical to indicate "wild boar".