巳
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6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake; ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 己 itself
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 巳
- Common rank
- #3,366
- Unicode
- U+5DF3
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Formation & memory
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How 巳 is formed
Components 乚
? unknown part
Words with 巳
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丁巳复辟 | see 張勳復辟|张勋复辟[Zhang1 Xun1 Fu4 bi4] | |
| 巳时 | 9-11 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) | |
| 丁巳 | fifty-fourth year D6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1977 or 2037 | |
| 巳蛇 | Year 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001) | |
| 己巳 | sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049 | |
| 乙巳 | forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025 | |
| 辛巳 | eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061 | |
| 癸巳 | thirtieth year J6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2013 or 2073 |
Sound family
These characters use 巳 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巳 sound part | the hours from 9 to 11; 6th terrestrial branch | |
| 祀 | to sacrifice, to worship | |
| 圯 | bridge; river bank | |
| 汜 | a stream which forks and then rejoins the main branch |