戌
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11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog; ancient Chinese compass point: 300°
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 戈 +2
- Structure
- Top enclosure 上包
- Traditional
- 戌
- Common rank
- #2,853
- Unicode
- U+620C
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Words with 戌
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 戊戌变法 | Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty | |
| 戊戌六君子 | the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath… | |
| 戊戌维新 | Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty | |
| 戊戌政变 | coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the… | |
| 戌时 | 7-9 pm | |
| 屈戌儿 | staple (used with a hasp) | |
| 甲戌 | eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054 | |
| 戌狗 | Year 11, year of the Dog (e.g. 2006) | |
| 丙戌 | twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066 | |
| 戊戌 | thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018 | |
| 庚戌 | forty-seventh year G11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1970 or 2030 | |
| 壬戌 | fifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042 |