Chinese Character Dictionary

This dictionary collects useful information about Chinese characters, including stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, Cantonese romanization, Minnan romanization, Chaozhou romanization, words, idioms and explanations.
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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 3 Radical: 巳 Structure: 独体字
Pinyin: sì Zhuyin: ㄙˋ Yueping: ji6 Guangdong: ji6
Minnan: chī、sū Chaozhou: Tang:
Stroke order:
Words:三巳上巳元巳吉巳己巳之变巳时巳牌建巳月辰巳
Idioms:
Xiehouyu:
English meaning: the hours from 9 to 11; 6th terrestrial branch
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: sì
Zhuyin: ㄙˋ
(象形。甲骨文字形,像在胎包中生长的小儿。本义:在胎包中成长的小儿)
同本义 巳,似也。象子在包中形,包字从之。—朱骏声《说文通训定声》<br>巳则生已定也。——《淮南子·天文》
地支的第六位
与天干相配,用以纪年。如一九四一年为农历辛巳年
用以纪月,即农历四月
用以纪时,即上午九时至十一时。如:巳牌(九时到十一时)
十二生肖属蛇 巳,火也,其禽蛇也。——《论衡》