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Kanji Detail for 亥 - "boar, twelfth zodiac, time"

  • Meaning

    亥 means "boar, twelfth zodiac, time."

    1. Boar - The twelfth zodiac animal.

    2. Twelfth zodiac - The final position in the Chinese zodiac cycle; NNW direction; around 10 PM.

  • 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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