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Kanji Detail for 亥 - "boar, twelfth zodiac"
亥
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Meaning
亥 means "boar, twelfth zodiac." Also associated with time.
Boar - The twelfth zodiac animal.
Twelfth zodiac - The final position in the Chinese zodiac cycle; NNW direction; around 10 PM.
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Four-character idioms with 亥
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魯魚亥豕
ろぎょがいし
miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word
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魯魚亥豕
ろぎょがいし
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Tattoo check: 亥
- Verified meaning: boar, twelfth zodiac
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read い, かい, がい)
- Also carries these associations: time
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 亥
Surnames 亥(い)
亥(かい)
亥(がい)
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Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
sign of the hog; 9-11PM; twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
twelfth earthly branch
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar; ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
12th terrestrial branch; used in transliterations
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The last position of the Twelve Earthly Branches. From 9 PM to 11 PM is 亥時.
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