寅 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
道準1University / general ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
- On
- イン
- Kun
- とら
- Meaning
- the Tiger (zodiac sign)
Origin
A pictograph of two hands drawing an arrow straight; later assigned to the third zodiac sign, the Tiger.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 寅年とらどし
year of the Tiger
- 寅の刻とらのこく
the hour of the Tiger (3–5 a.m.)
Example
祖母は寅年の生まれだ。
My grandmother was born in the year of the Tiger.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)