Kanji Detail for 壬 - "ninth, water, north"

壬

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
壬 means "ninth, water, north."
1. Ninth - The ninth of the ten celestial stems.
2. Water - Associated with water in the five elements.
3. North - The directional association.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

9th calendar sign

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

ninth heavenly stem

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; ninth in order; letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 345°; nona

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

9th heavenly stem

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

The ninth of the ten heavenly stems. In the five elements, belongs to water. | 僉壬: Refers to petty people. | Great.
Onyomi

i(イ)

jin(ジン)

nin(ニン)
Kunyomi

mizunoe(みずのえ)
Strokes

4 strokes
Radical

士 (samurai)
Related Keywords
ninth water north heavenly stem celestial flow liquid fluid aqueous rain river ocean stream damp moist