亥
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
Pictogram (象形) – an animal; similar origin to 豕 and 犭.
[edit] Han character
亥 (radical 8 亠+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜女竹人 (YVHO), four-corner 00802)
- the ordinal number twelve, as used in the Chinese calendar and in Chinese units of measure
- twelfth of twelve earth branches (十二支): pig (猪) of Chinese zodiac
[edit] Related characters
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- KangXi: page 88, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 292
- Dae Jaweon: page 186, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 283, character 5
- Unihan data for U+4EA5
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
亥 (Yale hoi6)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
亥
[edit] Readings
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
亥 (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune-Reischauer hae)