JinmeiyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 1

Meaning

Kanji 巳

sign of the snake or serpent

sign of the snake or serpent, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac

Stroke Order
Kontrol animasi urutan goresan

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
Onyomi 音読み
Nanori 名乗り
Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#2142
Strokes
3
Radical
Components
Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji
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Related vocabulary

Showing 14 common entries

Showing 14 of 16 entries that include this kanji.

fourth month of the lunar calendar

巳の刻

みのこく

hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon)

巳の日

みのひ

day of the Snake

巳の日の祓

みのひのはらえ

purification ceremony held on the first day of the snake in the 3rd month of the lunar calendar

巳の年

へびのとし

year of the Snake

乙巳

いっし

Wood Snake (42nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)

己巳

きし

Earth Snake (6th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1929, 1989, 2049)

初巳

はつみ

first Serpent day of the year

上巳

じょうし

Doll's Festival (March 3)

辛巳

かのとみ

Metal Snake (18th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)

丁巳

ていし

Fire Snake (54th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)

癸巳

きし

Water Snake (30th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1953, 2013, 2073)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼女は年生まれです。

She was born in the year of the snake.

今年の干支はです。

This year's Chinese zodiac sign is the snake.

の刻は午前十時頃です。

The hour of the snake is around ten in the morning.

の方は南南東を指します。

The direction of the snake points south-southeast.

彼は年の人と相性がいいです。

He is highly compatible with people born in the year of the snake.