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Kanji Detail for 丙 - "third"
丙
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Meaning
丙 means "third." Also associated with fire, south.
Third - The third in a series.
C - The third grade or rank.
Fire - One of the five elements (in traditional cosmology).
South - The southern direction.
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Tattoo check: 丙
- Verified meaning: third
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read あき, あきら, ひのえ, ふくさき)
- Also carries these associations: fire, south
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 丙
Given names 丙(あきら)
丙(ひのえ)
Surnames 丙(あき)
丙(ふくさき)
丙(ふくざき)
丙(みねさき)
丙(みねざき)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
third class; 3rd; 3rd calendar sign
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
third; 3rd heavenly stem
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; third in order; letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 165°; propyl
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
third; 3rd heavenly stem
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The third position of the Ten Heavenly Stems. Yin-Yang practitioners associate 丙 with fire. Hence 丙 is used to mean fire. Such as 付丙, meaning to burn with fire.
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Kunyomi
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Related Keywords
More kanji with the radical 一 (ichi)
- 一 one, once, first
- 丁 even number, counter, block
- 七 seven
- 万 ten thousand, all, absolutely
- 丈 height, length unit, measurement
- 三 three, three times
- 上 above, to rise, earlier
- 下 below, to descend
- 与 to give
- 不 not, un-
- 丑 ox, second
- 且 moreover, also
- 世 world, generation, life
- 丘 hill, mound
- 丞 assist
- 両 both, two, vehicle counter
- 並 to line up, ordinary