The kanji 豚 primarily represents "pig" or "swine." It refers to the domesticated animal known for its meat and other products. This character is central to understanding words related to pigs and pork.

・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) ⚫︎ 子豚 (こぶた) Translation: Piglet ⚫︎ 養豚 (ようとん) Translation: Pig farming

The kanji 豚 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字 - keisei moji). The semantic part is 月 (tsuki) which, when used in this way, is a simplified form of 肉 (niku), meaning "meat" or "flesh." The phonetic component is 豚 (ton), which is also the character's On-yomi. The combination of these parts suggests that this kanji represents an animal associated with meat (flesh). The visual elements depict the animal itself and its connection to meat.