戊

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fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; fifth in order; letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; penta

Formation & memory

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Components 丿戈

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
异戊巴比妥	yì wù bā bǐ tuǒ	amobarbital (drug) (loanword)
戊子	wù zǐ	twenty-fifth year E1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2008 or 2068
异戊二烯	yì wù èr xī	isoprene
亚硝酸异戊酯	yà xiāo suān yì wù zhǐ	amyl nitrite
戊五醇	wù wǔ chún	xylitol; also written 木糖醇[mu4 tang2 chun2]
戊型肝炎	wù xíng gān yán	hepatitis E
戊戌变法	Wù xū Biàn fǎ	Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
戊巴比妥钠	wù bā bǐ tuǒ nà	pentasorbital sodium (a sedative)
戊戌六君子	Wù xū Liù jūn zǐ	the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath…
戊戌维新	Wù xū Wéi xīn	Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
异戊橡胶	yì wù xiàng jiāo	isoprene rubber
戊戌政变	Wù xū Zhèng biàn	coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the…
戊糖	wù táng	pentose (CH2O)5, monosaccharide with five carbon atoms, such as ribose 核糖[he2 tang2]
环戊烯	huán wù xī	cyclopentene C5H8 (ring of five carbon atoms)
戊醇	wù chún	amyl alcohol
戊申	wù shēn	forty-fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028
戊午	wù wǔ	fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038
戊唑醇	wù zuò chún	tebuconazole (antifungal agent)
戊辰	wù chén	fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048
戊戌	wù xū	thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018

These characters use 戊 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
戊 sound part	wù	5th heavenly stem
茂	mào	thick, lush, dense; talented