戊子

Chinese

		5th heavenly stem	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (戊子)		戊	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wùzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁶ zi²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bō͘-chú / bō͘-chír / bō͘-chí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wùzǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: wu⁴-tzŭ³
    • Yale: wù-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhtzyy
    • Palladius: уцзы (uczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁶ zi²
    • Yale: mouh jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁶ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁶ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²² t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-chú
    • Tâi-lô: bōo-tsú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxzuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-chír
    • Tâi-lô: bōo-tsír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-chí
    • Tâi-lô: bōo-tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxcie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵³/

Noun

戊子

1. The twenty-fifth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Rat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.

Coordinate terms

• (Chinese sexagenary cycle terms) 干支 (gānzhī); 甲子 (jiǎzǐ), 乙丑 (yǐchǒu), 丙寅 (bǐngyín), 丁卯 (dīngmǎo), 戊辰 (wùchén), 己巳 (jǐsì), 庚午 (gēngwǔ), 辛未 (xīnwèi), 壬申 (rénshēn), 癸酉 (guǐyǒu), 甲戌 (jiǎxū), 乙亥 (yǐhài), 丙子 (bǐngzǐ), 丁丑 (dīngchǒu), 戊寅 (wùyín), 己卯 (jǐmǎo), 庚辰 (gēngchén), 辛巳 (xīnsì), 壬午 (rénwǔ), 癸未 (guǐwèi), 甲申 (jiǎshēn), 乙酉 (yǐyǒu), 丙戌 (bǐngxū), 丁亥 (dīnghài), 戊子 (wùzǐ), 己丑 (jǐchǒu), 庚寅 (gēngyín), 辛卯 (xīnmǎo), 壬辰 (rénchén), 癸巳 (guǐsì), 甲午 (jiǎwǔ), 乙未 (yǐwèi), 丙申 (bǐngshēn), 丁酉 (dīngyǒu), 戊戌 (wùxū), 己亥 (jǐhài), 庚子 (gēngzǐ), 辛丑 (xīnchǒu), 壬寅 (rényín), 癸卯 (guǐmǎo), 甲辰 (jiǎchén), 乙巳 (yǐsì), 丙午 (bǐngwǔ), 丁未 (dīngwèi), 戊申 (wùshēn), 己酉 (jǐyǒu), 庚戌 (gēngxū), 辛亥 (xīnhài), 壬子 (rénzǐ), 癸丑 (guǐchǒu), 甲寅 (jiǎyín), 乙卯 (yǐmǎo), 丙辰 (bǐngchén), 丁巳 (dīngsì), 戊午 (wùwǔ), 己未 (jǐwèi), 庚申 (gēngshēn), 辛酉 (xīnyǒu), 壬戌 (rénxū), 癸亥 (guǐhài) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese sexagenary cycle terms)}

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
戊	子
つちのえ Jinmeiyō	ね Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of 戊(つちのえ) (tsuchinoe, “the fifth heavenly stem”) + 子(ね) (ne, “rat”)

Noun

戊(つちのえ)子(ね) • (tsuchinoene) 

1. Earth Rat, the twenty=fifth term of the sexagenary cycle

   Hypernym: 干支

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
戊	子
ぼ Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 1
on’yomi

Compound of 戊(ぼ) (bo, “the fifth heavenly stem”) + 子(し) (shi, “rat”)

Noun

戊(ぼ)子(し) • (boshi) 

1. Earth Rat, the twenty=fifth term of the sexagenary cycle

   Hypernym: 干支

Korean

Hanja in this term
戊	子

Proper noun

戊子 • (Muja) (hangeul 무자)

1. Hanja form^? of 무자 (“Earth Rat, the twenty-fifth in the sexagenary cycle”).