CJK Unified Ideograph-474F

A sow in one tradition, a pig-like burrower in another.

The earliest named source is the Yupian, a Chinese character dictionary compiled in 543. The Longkan Shoujian, finished in 997, keeps the burrowing-animal gloss, and the Ministry of Education's 2024 entry notes 䝏 is absent from the older Shuowen — the first great character dictionary.

The entries do not settle on one animal: some give a sow seeking offspring, others a heavy burrower rendered 'pig badger'. Translate from the surrounding text — the glyph alone will not pick the English noun.

When does 䝏 become a sexual taunt?

Only inside the old phrase 婁豬.

In the Zuo Zhuan, an ancient Chinese chronicle, a crowd sings 婁豬 — 'the sow that keeps seeking a mate' — to shame Lady Nan Zi of Wei; a boar in the song stands for her lover Song Chao. It is a famous piece of ancient rudeness, not a live modern insult.

How do I type 䝏?

Type lóu in an input method that exposes rare Han characters.

A pinyin IME with extended-character support offers it under lóu; Cangjie references list the sequence MOLLV. Otherwise an OS character map or the escaped code \u474F does the job.

Showing as a hollow box means the font lacks the glyph — the underlying text is still right. Switch to a font with fuller Han coverage rather than swapping in a common pig character.