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寅 — 11 strokes / Radical「宀」

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On
インいん · in
Kun
とらtora
Meaning
the Tiger (zodiac sign)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of two hands drawing an arrow straight; later assigned to the third zodiac sign, the Tiger.

COMPOUNDS

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

Example

A sentence using this kanji

祖母(そぼ)は寅年(とらどし)の生(う)まれだ。

My grandmother was born in the year of the Tiger.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

寅の刻寅年寅刻to car…年year宏wide宍flesh宋Song…宕cave宥soothe允permit胤descen…蔭shade鸚parrot尹govern…
CompoundRadicalReading

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