戌

See also: 戊, 戍, and 戉

Translingual

Han character

戌 (Kangxi radical 62, 戈+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹一 (IHM), four-corner 5320₀, composition ⿵戊一(GHTJK) or ⿹戈⿰丿一(V))

Descendants

• 威, 咸, 歲, 𤇳, 烕

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 411, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11535
• Dae Jaweon: page 752, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1398, character 1
• Unihan data for U+620C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		戌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 戌
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (戌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
滅	*med
搣	*med
烕	*hmed
戌	*smid
珬	*smid
銊	*smid

Pictogram (象形) – an axe.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 戌

1. eleventh of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
2. Dog (狗) of Chinese zodiac

Coordinate terms

• Template:list:earthly branches/zh

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qu (qu⁵／qu⁰)

  (Zhuyin): ˙ㄑㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qu
    • Zhuyin: ˙ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyů
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü⁵
    • Yale: chyu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .chiu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 戌

1. Only used in 屈戌 (“metal fastening”).

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Japanese

Kanji

戌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しゅち (shuchi)
• Kan-on: しゅつ (shutsu)
• Kan’yō-on: じゅつ (jutsu)
• Kun: いぬ (inu, 戌)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
戌
いぬ Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

From 犬 (inu, “dog”)

Pronunciation

• Homophones: 犬, 狗

Proper noun

戌(いぬ) • (Inu) 

1. the Dog, the eleventh of the twelve Earthly Branches

Noun

戌(いぬ) • (inu) 

1. the hour of the dog; a historical duel-hour equivalent to 7PM - 9PM
   • c. 935: Tosa Nikki (page 3)

     それの年の十二月の二十日あまり一日の日の戌の刻に、門出す。

     I departed on the twenty and one day of the twelfth month of that year at the hour of the dog.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
戌
じゅつ Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 戌 (swit)

Proper noun

戌(じゅつ) • (Jutsu) 

1. the Dog, the eleventh of the twelve Earthly Branches

References

• Hasegawa, Masaharu with Yūichirō Imanishi, Hiroshi Itō, Hiroshi Yoshioka (1989) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 24: Tosa Nikki, Kagerō Nikki, Murasaki Shikibu Nikki, Sarashina Nikki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja

戌 (eum 술 (sul))

1. 11th terrestrial branch

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Vietnamese

Han character

戌: Hán Nôm readings: tuất

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