亥 — Chinese character
亥
hài
12th terrestrial branch; used in transliterations
- Pinyin
- hài
- Radical
- 8 ⼇ (Lid)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 亠
- Japanese
- 亥 as a kanji
Common words with 亥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辛亥 | xīn hài | forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031; cf 辛亥革命 (Xīn hài Gé mìng), Xinhai Revolution of 1911 |
| 亥时 (亥時) | hài shí | 9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 丁亥 | dīng hài | twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067 |
| 癸亥 | guǐ hài | sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043 |
| 乙亥 | yǐ hài | twelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055 |
| 己亥 | jǐ hài | thirty-sixth year F12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1959 or 2019 |
| 亥猪 (亥豬) | hài zhū | Year 12, year of the Boar (e.g. 2007) |
亥 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.