Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Pig Snout (jì) Kangxi Strokes: 3 Page 362, Entry 05 In the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it is noted that the character for pig snout (jì) was originally written as the character for pig snout (jì). It represents the head of a pig, shaped like its sharp and upward-protruding snout.