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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Pictogram (象形) – an animal; similar origin to and .

Han character [edit]

(radical 8 +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜女竹人 (YVHO), four-corner 00802)

  1. the ordinal number twelve, as used in the Chinese calendar and in Chinese units of measure
  2. twelfth of twelve earthly branches (十二支): pig () of Chinese zodiac

Related characters [edit]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  • 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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale hoi6)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

Readings [edit]


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised hae, McCune-Reischauer hae)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin hài (hai4), Wade-Giles hai4)