巳
巳 — sa
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 뱀 사
- Romanization
- sa
- English
- sixth earthly branch
- Mandarin
- sì
- Japanese on'yomi
- シ, ジ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- み
- Japanese usage
- Jinmeiyō kanji
- Newspaper frequency
- #2,142 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 己 (49, 0 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5DF3
Korean example words with 巳
- 기사己巳 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 여섯째
- 계사癸巳 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 서른째.
- 정사丁巳 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 쉰넷째.
- 상사上巳 Korean gloss: 음력 삼월 초사흗날.
- 신사辛巳 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 열여덟째.
- 을사乙巳 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 마흔두째.
- 사말巳末 Korean gloss: 사시(巳時)의 끝 무렵.
- 사초巳初 Korean gloss: 사시(巳時)의 첫 무렵.
- 사년巳年 Korean gloss: 지지(地支)가 사(巳)로 된 해.
- 사생巳生 Korean gloss: 사년에 태어난 사람을 이르는 말.
- 사일巳日 Korean gloss: 지지(地支)가 사(巳)로 된 날.
- 사정巳正 Korean gloss: 사시(巳時)의 한가운데. 오전 열 시이다.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 巳
- 巳み the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon)
- 巳年みどし year of the Snake
- 辰巳たつみ southeast
- 己巳つちのとみ Earth Snake (6th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1929, 1989, 2049)
- 上巳じょうし Doll's Festival (March 3); Girls' Festival; Peach Festival
- 初巳はつみ first Serpent day of the year
- 辛巳かのとみ Metal Snake (18th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)
- 癸巳みずのとみ Water Snake (30th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1953, 2013, 2073)
- 乙巳きのとみ Wood Snake (42nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)
- 丁巳ひのとみ Fire Snake (54th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)
- 巳の刻みのこく hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); hour of the Serpent
- 巳の日みのひ day of the Snake
Characters sharing the phonetic 巳
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “사” in Korean.
Other hanja read “사”
Other hanja with radical 己
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