戌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

sign of the dog, 7-9PM, eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジュツ
Kun (native)
  • いぬ
Other languages
  • 拼音xu1
  • 拼音qu5
  • 한글sul
  • Hán-ViệtTuất

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
戈(ほこ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+620C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿵戊一

Words using this kanji

  • いぬいぬ。十二支の11番目。いぬ。 いぬ。方角を表す語。西から北へ30度。 いぬ。時刻を表す語。午後8時頃。午後8時~10時もしくは、午後7時~9時。the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm), west-northwest
  • 戌年いぬどしyear of the Dog
  • 戌亥いぬいnorthwest
  • 戌の刻いぬのこくhour of the Dog (around 8pm, 7-9pm, or 8-10pm)
  • 戌の日いぬのひday of the Dog (in the traditional calendar; associated with safe childbirth)
  • 戌の年いぬのとしyear of the Dog

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(11 results)

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Lookup codes

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5320.0
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4n2.2
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1796