The kanji 猪 primarily represents a "wild boar" or "pig." It refers to the animal known for its strength, tusks, and association with certain traits like persistence. The meaning is centered on the specific animal and the characteristics related to it.

・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 Boar (in the Chinese zodiac) ⚫︎猪突猛進 (chototsumoushin) Translation: Charging headlong; to rush forward recklessly (often referring to a determined, albeit sometimes rash, approach) ⚫︎猪肉 Translation: Boar meat

The kanji 猪 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). ⚫︎The left side, ⺨ (犬, inu - dog), provides the semantic component, indicating that the character is related to animals or a type of canine. ⚫︎The right side, 者, (sha), functions as the phonetic component, indicating the sound (though the sound correspondence is not perfect in modern Japanese). ⚫︎Originally, the character was a pictograph representing the boar. Over time, it developed the components mentioned to refine its form and meaning.