亥 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「亠」
道準1University / general ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「亠」
- On
- ガイ・カイ
- Kun
- い
- Meaning
- the Boar (zodiac sign)
Origin
A pictograph of an animal’s frame; used for the twelfth of the zodiac signs, the Boar.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 亥年いどし
year of the Boar
- 亥の刻いのこく
the hour of the Boar (9–11 p.m.)
Example
祖父は亥年の生まれだ。
My grandfather was born in the year of the Boar.
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