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辰

辰 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. たつ。十二支の5番目。
  2. 時間。日和。
  3. 星。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。土地を耕すのに用いる農具を象る。「はまぐり」を意味する漢語｛蜃｝を表す字。この文字が農具を象っているのは、はまぐりの貝殻を加工して農具とすることがあったため。のち仮借して十二支の5番目を意味する漢語｛辰｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

sign of the dragon, 7-9AM, fifth sign of Chinese zodiac, shin dragon radical (no. 161)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シン
  • ジン
Kun (native)
  • たつ
Nanori (used in names)
  • とき
  • のぶ
  • のぶる
Other languages
  • 拼音chen2
  • 한글jin
  • 한글sin
  • Hán-ViệtThần
  • Hán-ViệtThìn

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
辰(しんのたつ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8FB0

Components

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Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸厂⿱二𰀠

Words using this kanji

  • 辰たつたつ。十二支の5番目。the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am), east-southeast
  • 辰年たつどしyear of the Dragon
  • 辰巳たつみsoutheast
  • 辰砂しんしゃ鉱石の一つで、硫黄と水銀の化合物。深い紅色で六方晶。朱砂。cinnabar, cinnabarite, cinnabar lacquer, cinnabar lacquerware
  • 辰星しんせい時刻を測定するために基準となる星。 五星の一つで、水星のこと。celestial bodies, stars, bright star used for timekeeping (e.g. Sirius), Mercury (in ancient Chinese astronomy)
  • 辰の刻たつのこくhour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am)
  • 辰の日たつのひday of the Dragon
  • 辰の年たつのとしyear of the Dragon
  • 辰巳芸者たつみげいしゃgeisha from the Fukagawa red-light district in Edo

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-2-5
Four Corner
7123.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2p5.1
Heisig
2164
Nelson
4653