Word Meaning 巳の刻

みのこく mi no koku

巳の刻 is read as みのこく (mi no koku) and means hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

みのこく

Romaji

mi no koku

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 141167 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

巳

み

fourth month of the lunar calendar

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

一刻

いっこく

stubborn

Example Sentences

巳の刻は午前十時頃です。

みのこくはごぜんじゅうじごろです。

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