Word Meaning 寅の刻

とらのこく tora no koku

寅の刻 is read as とらのこく (tora no koku) and means hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

とらのこく

Romaji

tora no koku

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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寅

とら

east-northeast

寅歳生まれ

とらどしうまれ

being born in the year of the Tiger

彫刻

ちょうこく

carving

即刻

そっこく

immediately

死亡推定時刻

しぼうすいていじこく

estimated time of death

標本時刻

ひょうほんじこく

sampling time

亥の刻

いのこく

hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight)

春宵一刻

しゅんしょういっこく

a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold)

時刻

じこく

time

深刻

しんこく

serious

刻一刻

こくいっこく

moment by moment

遅刻

ちこく

lateness

Example Sentences

彼は寅の刻に生まれた。

かれはとらのこくにうまれた。

He was born at the hour of the tiger.