Word Meaning 丁丑

ひのとのうし hinotonoushi

丁丑 is read as ひのとのうし (hinotonoushi) and means Fire Ox (14th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1937, 1997, 2057).

Meaning

English

Fire Ox (14th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1937, 1997, 2057)

Reading

Kana

ひのとのうし

Romaji

hinotonoushi

Writing Variants

丁丑ていちゅう teichuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 6 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 139723 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

丁寧

ていねい

polite

丁目

ちょうめ

district of a town

丁重

ていちょう

polite

丁度

ちょうど

just (like)

丁

ちょう

counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars

丁々発止

ちょうちょうはっし

with (the sound of) clashing swords

丁字形定規

ていじけいじょうぎ

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

丁度可知差異

ちょうどかちさい

just-noticeable difference

丁字定規

ていじじょうぎ

T square

丁重語

ていちょうご

courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party)

丁定規

ていじょうぎ

T-square (technical drawing instrument)

丁年

ていねん

adulthood (i.e. age 20 in Japan)