Jisho

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On reading compounds

  • 癸 【キ】 10th in rank, tenth sign of the Chinese calendar
  • 癸亥 【ミズノトイ】 Water Boar (60th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1923, 1983, 2043)

Kun reading compounds

  • 癸 【き】 10th in rank, tenth sign of the Chinese calendar
  • 癸亥 【みずのとい】 Water Boar (60th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1923, 1983, 2043)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gui3
Korean:
gye

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2051 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3091 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
952 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
22660 Morohashi
3859 New Nelson (John Haig)
0a9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
1243.0 Four corner code
1243.1 Four corner code
1-66-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7678 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
oneself 己 (巳, 已, 㔾)
Parts:
sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2142 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 巳 【ミ】 the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Serpent, hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon), south-southeast, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 丁巳 【ヒノトミ】 Fire Snake (54th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)
  • 上巳 【ジョウシ】 Doll's Festival (March 3), Girls' Festival, Peach Festival

Kun reading compounds

  • 巳 【み】 the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Serpent, hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon), south-southeast, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 巳年 【みどし】 year of the Snake
  • 上巳 【じょうし】 Doll's Festival (March 3), Girls' Festival, Peach Festival
  • 辰巳 【たつみ】 southeast

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • signo de la serpiente
  • sexto signo del zodíaco
  • serpiente

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 6ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Serpent (zodiaque)
  • 9 à 11 heures du matin
1697 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1460 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1944 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2060 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4197 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2124 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2873 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2063 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8744 Morohashi
3388 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1538 New Nelson (John Haig)
2042 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2200 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a3.16 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
3-1-2 SKIP code
7771.7 Four corner code
1-44-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5df3 Unicode hex code