巳 — kanji meaning “sign of the snake or serpent”
巳
sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac
- Meanings
- sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- み
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2142 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 49
- Chinese reading
- sì — Chinese character page
Words with 巳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辰巳 | たつみ tatsumi | southeast |
| 上巳 | じょうし joushi | Doll's Festival (March 3); Girls' Festival; Peach Festival |
| 巳年 | みどし midoshi | year of the Snake |
| 己巳 | つちのとみ tsuchinotomi | Earth Snake (6th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1929, 1989, 2049) |
| 初巳 | はつみ hatsumi | first Serpent day of the year |
| 辛巳 | かのとみ kanotomi | Metal Snake (18th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061) |
| 癸巳 | みずのとみ mizunotomi | Water Snake (30th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1953, 2013, 2073) |
| 乙巳 | きのとみ kinotomi | Wood Snake (42nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025) |
| 丁巳 | ひのとみ hinotomi | Fire Snake (54th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037) |
| 辰巳芸者 | たつみげいしゃ tatsumigeisha | geisha from the Fukagawa red-light district in Edo |
| 已己巳己 | いこみき ikomiki | all the same |
| 巳の刻 | みのこく minokoku | hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); hour of the Serpent |
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