Kanji Detail for 寅 - "tiger, zodiac, courage"

寅

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
寅 means "tiger, zodiac, courage."
1. Tiger - The animal.
2. Third zodiac sign - The third of the twelve zodiac animals.
3. Direction - East-northeast.
4. Time - Around 4 AM, plus or minus one hour.
5. To be cautious - To respect; to be reverent.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

sign of the tiger; 3-5AM; third sign of Chinese zodiac

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

to respect, reverence; respectfully; third earthly branch

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to respect, to revere; respectfully; 3rd terrestrial branch

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

The third of the twelve earthly branches. From 3 AM to 5 AM is the 寅 hour. | Respectful. (Documents) "Together in respect and harmony." Hence colleagues were called 同寅. The bond between colleagues is called 寅誼.
Onyomi

in(いん)
Kunyomi

tora(とら)

tsutsushi.mu(つつしむ)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

宀 (ukammuri)
Related Keywords
tiger zodiac third courage power strength fierce brave bold majestic morning dawn reverent cautious respect animal year sign energy vitality