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Kanji Detail for 戊 - "fifth stem, earth element"

戊

  • Meaning

    戊 means "fifth stem, earth element." Also associated with central direction.

    1. Fifth stem - The fifth of the ten celestial stems.

    2. Earth element - Associated with earth in five elements.

    3. Central direction - The center in directional system.

  • Tattoo check: 戊

    • Verified meaning: fifth stem, earth element
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: central direction

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    5th calendar sign

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    5th heavenly stem

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; fifth in order; letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; penta

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    5th heavenly stem

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

    The fifth of the ten heavenly stems. Emperor Taizu of Liang avoided his great-grandfather Maolin's name taboo, changing the reading to 武. This continues today.

  • Onyomi

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    bo(ボ) ボ

    boh(ボウ) ボウ

  • Kunyomi

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    tsuchinoe(つちのえ) つちのえ

  • Strokes

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    5 strokes

  • Radical

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    戈 (hokozukuri・hokogamae・hoko・kanohoko)

  • Related Keywords

    fifth stem earth element central direction center heavenly stem cycle five order soil ground land stability foundation

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