豚 tún suckling pig
How to remember 豚: 月 meat + 豕 pig = suckling pig. At the wedding feast the girl refuses the roast meat once she hears the pig was just a tiny suckling pig.
Component breakdown
豚 = 月 meat + 豕 pig
- 月 meat
- 豕 pig
At the wedding feast the girl refuses the roast meat once she hears the pig was just a tiny suckling pig.
How it is used
- A pig/piglet (literary) - but you mostly meet it in 海豚 (hǎitún): dolphin, and 河豚 (hétún): pufferfish/blowfish (a prized but poisonous delicacy). The 'piglet' sense is archaic; the animal compounds are the live usage.