JinmeiyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 1

Meaning

Kanji 寅

sign of the tiger

sign of the tiger, 3-5AM, third sign of Chinese zodiac

Stroke Order
Kontrol animasi urutan goresan

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
とら
Onyomi 音読み
イン
Nanori 名乗り
とものぶ
Jōyō
-
JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#1975
Strokes
11
Radical
Components
Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji
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Related vocabulary

Showing 11 common entries

Showing 11 of 12 entries that include this kanji.

とら

east-northeast

寅の刻

とらのこく

hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am)

寅の日

とらのひ

day of the Tiger

寅の年

とらのとし

year of the Tiger

寅年生まれ

とらどしうまれ

being born in the year of the Tiger

丑寅

うしとら

northeast

庚寅

かのえとら

Metal Tiger (27th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1950, 2010, 2070)

甲寅

きのえとら

Wood Tiger (51st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1914, 1974, 2034)

壬寅

じんいん

Water Tiger (39th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1902, 1962, 2022)

丙寅

ひのえとら

Fire Tiger (3rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1926, 1986, 2046)

戊寅

つちのえとら

Earth Tiger (15th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1938, 1998, 2058)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

今年は年です。

This year is the year of the tiger.

十二支の三番目はです。

The third sign of the zodiac is the tiger.

彼はの刻に生まれた。

He was born at the hour of the tiger.

は方位で東北東を表します。

Tora represents the east-northeast direction.

祖父は年生まれの頑固者だ。

My grandfather is a stubborn man born in the year of the tiger.