亥

Information about character(s)

Radical: 亠
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 4
Total Strokes: 6

Pronunciation

Pinyin: hài, jiē
Cantonese: hoi6
JapaneseKun: I
JapaneseOn: GAI KAI
Korean: HAY
Vietnamese: hợi

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: 12th terrestrial branch

CE-Dict: 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.the last of the twelve Earthly Branches used by the ancients in combination with the ten Heavenly Stems to denote years, months, days

湘雅醫學專業詞典: the last of the twelve Earthly Branches

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《亥部》亥荄也。十月，微陽起，接盛陰。从二，二，古文上字。一人男，一人女也。从乙，象褢子咳咳之形。《春秋傳》曰：「亥有二首六身。」凡亥之屬皆从亥。

康熙字典文字版 【子集上】【亠字部】亥
【唐韻】【正韻】胡改切【集韻】【韻會】下改切，𠀤音頦。辰名。【爾雅·釋天】太歲在亥曰大淵獻。【前漢·律歷志】該閡於亥。【唐書·禮樂志】吉亥祀先農。【元史·祭祀志】黑帝位亥。　又姓。晉亥唐。　又豕亥。【家語】或讀史云：三豕渡河。子夏曰：已亥渡河，已譌爲三，亥譌爲豕。校之，果然。【左傳·襄三十年】史趙曰：亥有二首六身。【註】亥字，二畫在上，幷三人爲身，如算之六。　又亥市。【通雅】靑箱雜記，蜀有亥市，亥音皆，言如痎瘧，閒日一發也。諱痎，故云亥市。【徐筠水志】荆吳俗，取寅申巳亥日集於市。　又【韻補】叶許已切，音喜。【易林】將戌繫亥，陽藏不起。君子散亂，太上危殆。殆音以。

Japanese Places I (loc)

CF-Dict: car. cycl., 9 à 11 pm.

Han-De-Dict: 12. Tier im chin. Tierkreis - Schwein

Finnish: 12th maallinen oksa - yang vesi, 9-11 p.m.