This is an interesting etymology of the Chinese character Pig in Chinese characters.
The person is both a voice and a form, and the word 'cooked煮' is in visible the first 篆文 of the pig character.
Pig, 篆文 = (豕 < short-tailed dolphins) + ("者, "cook", cooking), which means the fat of the fat dolphins necessary for cooking.
The ancients found that pork is more tender than other animal meats, not only easy to extract oil, but also cooked with lard, the dishes are delicious and delicious.
The Lishu隶书 "Pig" will be changed into the character form, and will be written in the shape of the character.
The customary book "Pig" replaces "豕" (porpoise) with "dog犬" (hunting), indicating obese animals that are domesticated after hunting. The original meaning of the word: noun, as an important source of ancient food oil, fat porpoise, a kind of livestock, short tail short legs, short and concave nose, large ear drooping, good sleep, meaty and fat.
Most of the ancient books replaced the "pig猪" with "pig豬".
Source credit: http://www.vividict.com/WordInfo.aspx?id=2927
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