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戌

xū, qu

11th terrestrial branch

Pictograph of an axe. Similar to 戈 and 戊.

Evolution

戌 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
戌 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
戌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
戌 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
戌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

戌  

xū

11th terrestrial branch; 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog; ancient Chinese compass point: 300°

戌  

qu

see 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[qū​qu​'er]

Most common words with 戌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

戌

ancient Chinese compass point: 300°

戊戌

thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018

甲戌

eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054

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

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

烕

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

成 威 咸

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.mi[t]

swit

xū

11th earthly branch


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3921st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+620C

Shuowen

“戌，滅也。九月陽氣微，萬物畢成，陽下入地也。五行，土生於戊，盛於戌，从戊含一。”


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