Hanja Analyzer
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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